The Pat Kenny Show

Our reporter Josh Crosbie asks if remote working is here to stay and how it impacts productivity.

Luke O’Neill joins us to talk about the latest moon landing, a huge development in space travel

As 10 die in a plane crash over Moscow including the Wagner leader chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, we discuss the impact of this on the Ukraine war with Duncan Bullivant Special Advisor to the Head of the Bosnia peacekeeping mission, part of the UK mission to Kosovo in 1999 and CEO of the Henderson Group, an international risk management advisory.  

We discuss the issue of shortages in perinatal mental health care and the importance of maintaining good perinatal health with a HSE Clinical Psychologist and mother of two Sue Murphy.

Starting on the road to securing a mortgage and purchasing a property can sometimes seem like a minefield. Margaret Barrett, Managing Director at Contracting Plus Mortgages gave us some valuable advice to first-time buyers.

A new Covid variant, BA.2.86, is causing concern due to its potential increased transmissibility, while the Health Protection Surveillance Centre says that Eris is spreading quicker than other recent variants. We get the latest on Covid with Professor Paul Moynagh Head of the Department of Biology and Director of the Kathleen Lonsdale Institute for Human Health Research at Maynooth University.

With the leaving cert results due out tomorrow morning for thousands of students, we discuss the options and key dates for students with Brian Mooney Guidance Counselor and Irish Times Education Correspondent.

Ireland Contemplates Outdated 'Women in the Home' clause as Referendum Nears. We discussed this with Karen Kieran CEO of OneFamily and also Ivana Bacik Labour Party Leader.

Paraic joined us today on the show, with loads of gardening tips and advice and also recommended some plants that love this wet mild summer weather.

We take a look at the wonderfully varied career of Irish director, Neil Jordan with our own Sue Murphy.

Solas Cancer Support Centre’s annual fundraising event, Run and Walk for Life. It celebrates its 15th anniversary and takes place on the 14th of October in Dungarvan and on the 15th of October in Waterford City.   Peter Wittle Cancer Survivor and Spokesperson for the Solas Cancer Support Centre explained to Anton the great work the support centre does.

In this week’s Green Scene, Dr Ruth Freeman Director of Science for Society at Science Foundation Ireland discusses if fake whale poo can help restore ocean biodiversity and how saving the ozone layer helps with the climate challenge. All with thanks to AIB.

Thinking of making a will or claiming your inheritance, we tell you what you need to know about those processes with Sinead Glynn Senior Solicitor with MHP solicitors.  

Armed officers, riot police, and dog units are to be deployed to the city centre under a new policing plan. We discussed the plan details with Tony Gallagher Former Garda Inspector & risk security and event manager with Ashtree Risk Group and also Conor Lally Irish Times Security and Crime Editor.  

We look at the impact of widespread wildfires on air travel for the Irish holidaymaker with Eoghan Corry Travel and Aviation Journalist.

Driverless taxis go fully operational in San Francisco but not without causing some mayhem for the city. Transport Consultant Conor Faughnan brings us all the details.

We catch up with Josh Crosbie after the New York Rose took home the Rose of Tralee title.

With households here paying as much as €900 more than some of our EU neighbors, we discuss the current situation of our energy prices here with Aoife Foley Chair of net zero infrastructure at the University of Manchester.

As more drone attacks are launched and defended in Moscow overnight we get the latest on the Ukraine with Jason Corcoran Journalist and Russia Analyst and Specialist on Russia. 

Up for discussion in our Big 11 debate, is the growing trend of climate change skepticism in Ireland's rural farming sector. We hear from Jackie Cahill Fianna Fail TD for Tipperary Chair of the Oireachtas Agriculture Committee and also John Gibbons Environmental Journalist.

We discuss the challenges of hair loss and the various treatments available with Dr Maurice Collins Consultant Surgeon, Medical Director, and Team Principal of Hair Restoration Blackrock, and also Mark Fennell Performance and life Coach who recently had a hair transplant.

Alliance of Dublin Businesses says Dublin Tourist trade is threatened by a lack of a post-covid plan. We get a reaction from Adrian Cummins CEO of the Restaurant Association of Ireland and also Stephen Kennedy Owner of Copper+Straw.

Motoring Editor with the Sunday Independent, Geraldine Herbert, on her experience of ‘Mansplaining’.

How can art be used to escape reality and express how we feel? We speak to artist Kevin Sharkey about his early life and his journey into art.

Newstalk Reporter Josh Crosbie was in Tralee to see how night one of the festival went and he reported for back for us this morning.