The Pat Kenny Show

We discuss the need for new road safety rules Gardai is at a loss with motorists watching videos on their phones. Joining Pat to discuss was Geraldine Herbert Motoring Editor with the Sunday Independent.

How do you like your covfefe? The dangers of the terrible typo with Keith Broni the Editor in Chief of emojipedia.org.

Our Big 11 debate looks at the prospect of a united Ireland, should it happen, and should we push it? We hear from Lisa Chambers Fianna Fail Senator for Mayo, Leader of the Seanad, and Party’s spokesperson on Foreign Affairs & EU, and also Economist Colm McCarthy.

The National Crime Agency is closing in on millionaire UDA boss Gary Fisher after seizing his holiday home in County Down. For more on this, Ivan spoke to Ciara Barnes Chief reporter with Sunday Life.

With the Government expected to announce and publish the summer economic statement today, we get the latest details on what the statement may bring with Paul Hosford Political Correspondent with the Irish Examiner.

More than €10m was scammed from Irish people in online and investment frauds in the first five months of this year. We hear how the scams are getting more frequent and increasingly sophisticated with Niamh Davenport Head of Financial Crime with Banking and Payments Federation Ireland.

How bad is the Irish Health System and how might we fix it. To discuss with Ivan this morning was Martin Curley Professor of Innovation and Director, of Digital Health Ecosystem, Maynooth University.

Reports of divisions, rumours of redundancies, selling of assets and relocations, the latest in the RTE pay scandal. We get the latest with Arthur Beesley Current Affairs Editor of The Irish Times and also Brian Stanley Sinn Fein TD and Chairperson of the Oireachtas Public Accounts Committee.

Dreaming and saving for the future. Our Monday Expert is Carol Brick Managing Director of CWM Wealth Management & Ceo Her Money gives tips and advice on all things pensions and savings.

American college scandal, Supreme Court changes, and former President's popularity on the rise. We get all the news from Stateside with Terry Sheridan Managing Editor, WSHU Public Radio.

How can you build trust back when it is broken? How hard is it to repair the relationship? All up for discussion with Stephanie Regan Clinical Psychotherapist, Media Contributor and Author of Relationships on the Edge, Host of the podcast – ToughLove.

A mother struggles to get her son a place in secondary after 17 failed applications. Speaking to Ivan this morning was Marrita Coyle mother of Robbie who is a 13-year-old boy with Down Syndrome and ASD. She has been trying to secure a school place for him for the last two years.

Is it time to phase out SUV’s as protestors campaign against their damage to the environment Newstalk Reporter Henry McKean finds out in this report.

We talk about Dementia ahead of the Alzheimer's Memory Walk this September. Speaking to Ivan this morning was Entrepreneur Pamela Laird whose father has dementia and also Samantha Taylor Head of Dementia Advisory Services for The Alzheimer Society of Ireland.

Heartbreak for Mayo as Dublin and Kerry cruise on to the All Ireland semi-final, Kathleen McNamee looks back at all the busy weekend of sport.

Pull out or weather the storm? - How quickly can a brand remove sponsorship from a company in hot water? We find out with Rob Hartnett CEO of Sport For Business.

The controversy that simply won’t go away, the RTÉ Payment scandal likely to seek Ryan Tubridy to appear before Oireachtas. Speaking to Ivan this morning was Fionnán Sheahan Ireland Editor of the Irish Independent.

A look back on the stories of the week with our Friday Forum. Joining Ivan today as Eoin O’Broin Sinn Féin Spokesperson for Housing, Fianna Fáil Senator Malcolm Byrne who is also a member of the Oireachtas Media Committee and also Alice Leahy Director of Services at the Alice Leahy Trust.

It's BBQ season and Executive Chef Gareth Mullins is taking on a Chicken & chorizo skewer Greek summer salad

667 arrests as French riots spread over police shooting, we get the latest from France with Lara Marlowe Paris-based author and Contributor to the Irish Times.

One of the world's most common artificial sweeteners is set to be declared a possible carcinogen next month, Professor Donal O’Shea Clinical Lead for Obesity at the HSE gave us the details.

Electric Picnic, Beyond the Pale and Not Another Love Story. These are just some of the festivals filling Ireland's expanding event schedule. But what's the run up like for organisers, who keeps the celebrations safe, and just what goes on behind the scenes at your favourite summer fling? Sarah Madden reports...

Learning to be BodyKind. We hear about a new programme coming to Irish schools will tackle body image issues. Dr Ciara Mahon Irish Research Council Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Psychology, UCD.

Where next for FF after Michael Martin steps down as leader? For more on this, Ivan was joined on the show this morning by John Downing Political Correspondent & Columnist with the Irish Independent.

RTÉ Execs faced a second day of grilling, this time in front of the Public Accounts Committee as the fallout from the Payment scandal continues Sean Defoe Bauer Media’s Political Correspondent, Niamh Smyth Chair of the committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht and Trevor Keegan Chair of the RTÉ NUJ subbranch.