The Pat Kenny Show

We hear about St. Patrick the man and the celebrations he spawned with Dr Elizabeth Dawson lecturer in Medieval History at Carlow College.

We the launch of Alzheimer's Tea Day 2024 Pat was joined on the show live from the Radisson St Helens by actor Bryan Murray his wife Una Crawford O’Brien and also Samantha Taylor, Head of Dementia Advisory Services for the Alzheimer Society of Ireland.

Luke O’Neill joined Pat today on the show to discuss recent Alzheimer's breakthroughs in science.

Ireland’s holiday home boom has huge consequences, housing blackspots, “Saturday night fever” and no homes for the locals. To discuss with Pat was Councilor Cillian Murphy  Fianna Fail Councilor for West Clare  CEO of OnlineApplication. Com the country's leading mortgage broker technology company.

How healthy is your social food map/diverse? Is it all family?, all friends? Your social connections need to be diverse. Stephanie Regan Co-host of Tough Love Podcast & Clinical Psychotherapist explains it all to us this morning.

Destination dupes a trending travel topic based on TickTok dupes where people go to lesser known, cheaper places eg swap Barcelona for Valencia.  Pol O’Conghaile, Travel Editor, Irish Independent brings us all the details. All with thanks to Ryanair.

All-Ireland winning camogie captain and TV presenter Anna Geary discusses her new self help book Annas’ Game Plan

Voters turned out to deliver the highest ever No vote in the history of the State – What went wrong for the Government? Pat discusses the referendum outcome with Tom Clonan Independent Senator and Barry Ward FG Senator, Vice-Chair of the Oireachtas Justice Committee, Justice Spokesperson, practising Barrister and Counsel before the ICC.

Heartbreak at Twickenham and Shane Lowry puts on a strong performance in Florida, Kathleen McNamee and Matt Williams  Professional Rugby Coach and Writer look back on the busy weekend of sport.

Petrol and diesel price hikes are on the way which will leave a major gap between the north and south, what will that mean for businesses on the border? Pat discusses this with David Horgan, Chairman of Petrol Resources.

Cillian Murphy wins best actor at the Oscars and Element Pictures brought home Oscars too. Henry reports live from Hollywood on a great night for the Irish.

A look back on the stories of the week on our Friday Forum. Joining Pat today was Senator Timmy Dooley Fianna Fail Senator for Clare  Duncan Smith TD Labour TD for Dubin Fingal, Caoimhseach Connolly , Reporter with Newstalk and Alice Leahy, Director of Alice Leahy Trust.  

We speak with Richard O'Rawe author of Stakeknife’s Dirty War on the publishing of the Kenova report today.

The constant engagement of our electronic devices has done no favours for the human body and is leading us to develop “tech neck”. Professor Luke O’Neill tells us what it is and how we can deal with it. 

It's time again for 'Friday Food' with Gareth Mullins and this week Gareth brings us a recipe for a delicious raspberry strudel cake for Mother’s day.

Newstalk’s Henry McKean is over in Hollywood talking to the Irish stars at the Oscars. Henry was on the green carpet at the Oscar Wilde Awards and he told us all about who he met. Henry at the Oscars is with thanks to Aer Lingus.

Between 1943 and 1961, in the early years of Shannon international airport, over 200 hundred lives were lost and countless others changed forever in a series of fatal air crashes. Peter McGarry has extensively researched these crashes for his book, Falling Stars: Lost stories from the Shannon airport crashes. Peter joined Pat in studio this morning.

Irish rugby legend Brian O’Driscoll will preview tomorrow’s rugby plus we’ll look at all this weekends sport with Phil Egan . 

It’s International Women’s Day today, Pat was joined in studio by Lisa O'Shea who is leading the way in the construction industry. 

Security and Crime Editor with the Irish Times Conor Lally joins us live from Dubai to discuss the Garda Commissioner’s comments about the “embarrassing” Kinahan Cartel. 

We take a look at the disinformation of war with David Robert Grimes author of "The Irrational Ape, Why we Fall for Disinformation, Conspiracy Theories and Propaganda" debunking protesters conspiracies 

We hear how the arts can improve your physical, mental and social wellbeing Chris Bailey World Health Organisation Arts and Health lead Christopher Bailey. 

100 days until the Finland hobbyhorse Championships in Seinajoki, OTB’s Cameron Hill tells us all about hobby horsing Cameron Hill, Digital Producer OTB  

Dublin homeowners fear ‘catastrophic’ damage to houses under Metrolink terminus plans. Dartmouth Square West resident says ground movement would negatively impact Victorian-era dwellings. Pat spoke to Leo Crehan  Chartered civil engineer and resident of Dartmouth Square West.

Newstalk's Reporter Sarah Madden takes a look into the ‘peoples court’ and whether its terms should be updated in line with EU courts of its like.