The Pat Kenny Show

With news that US embassy wants 'every social media username of past five years' on new visa applications. The move has been heavily criticized by Taoiseach Micheál Martin who described it as “excessive”. So how can you prepare before heading to the US? Jess Kelly, Technology Correspondent with Newstalk tells us all. 

Following on from the RTÉ Investigates programme that discovered the alleged abuse and neglect in nursing homes run by Emeis Ireland, over 230 allegations of abuse were made against the two nursing homes featured in the programme. Lisa O'Connell is a Founder and Managing Director of Forus training and she has seen a surge in care homes using forged documentation to enroll unqualified individuals....

Going to cabinet this morning, there is a new bill to expand HIQA’s authority over public and private hospitals, the Occupied Territories Bill that will ban the importation of west bank goods and Minister Jack Chambers is set to warn his cabinet colleagues that they’re responsible for ensuring value for money in their departments.  Pat was joined on the show by Sean Defoe, Newstalk's Politica...

After a brutal assault by a serving soldier and a court ruling that favours her attacker’s career over her trauma. Limerick woman Natasha O’Brien becomes the face of a national reckoning. This documentary tells her story confronting a broken justice system and uniting with fellow survivors to demand change. Natasha O'Brien joined Pat in studio this morning.

As Israel accuses Iran of violating the ceasefire agreement announced overnight, both countries are still recovering after the overnight attacks before the ceasefire was announced. The latest from Tel Aviv with Journalist Paul Kearns. 

A new HSE deal has been made where healthcare staff will be set to work weekends to reduce pressure on hospital trolleys and beds.  We get reaction to this with Dr Chris Luke, Retired Consultant in emergency medicine and host of the Irish Medical Lives Podcast.

The leaving cert holiday, a word that parents fear the most. After a stressful few weeks of exams for sixth-year students, they can finally start to relax. and one-way students like to destress after exams is by going on their ‘sixth year holiday’, a rite of passage for most students. Travel expert Sarah Slattery and Jen Hogan Irish Times Journalist and mother of seven to talk about the worries an...

Donald Trump has just said in a post on Truth Social: "The ceasefire is now in effect. Please do not violate it! As a reminder, Israel has not publicly accepted the ceasefire proposal. Iran state TV announced earlier that a ceasefire had been "imposed" on Israel. All to discuss with Scott Lucas, Professor and Political analyst at the Clinton Institute, University College Dublin.

Our expert, Dr. Bronagh Keane is our expert today and she gives advice on how to get your teeth wedding ready. All with thanks to Hidden Hearing.

With the registration for 252 cars, what new cars can we expect in the summer months? Motoring Editor Ger Herbert talks through some of the brand new cars hitting dealerships this summer like the Hyundai IONIQ 9 or the Kia EV4.

Can a name shape your future? Florence Knapp's debut novel ‘The Names’ explores the different possibilities a name could give someone. Speaking to Pat all about her new book was author Florence Knapp.

As global tensions rise with Iran, are we secure here in Ireland? We discuss  Lieutenant Col. (Ret.) Marie Gleeson, Managing Director of Namvar Leadership and Blue Economy Advocate and also Cathal Berry, Former Army Ranger and Member of the Defence Forces.

In recent years big service stations have popped up across Ireland's road network. In the past before motorways, you would stop in a village for a break and find a pub. Now it's all change. With petrol pumps and as many EV charging points and multiple restaurant choices.  Henry McKean met travellers from across Ireland at Junction 14 Mayfield in Kildare. He sent this snapshot in time at one o...

After the United States struck Iran’s nuclear sites on the weekend, there has been a spectrum of reaction within the United States from those who support the action to those who are vehemently opposed. We get the latest from Senior Director of News, WSHU Public Radio Terry Sheridan and with analysis from Emeritus Professor of Peace Studies at the University of Bradford and Global Security Consulta...

Lot’s of action from the weekend starting off with Dublin with a double win beating limerick in the hurling championship quarter final and getting the better of Cork in the football knock-out stages while Damien Duff makes a shock exit from Shelbourne. Off The ball’s Colm Boohig looks back on the weekend of sport.

Frustrated house buyers in Dublin are once again turning to commuter counties as first-time purchasers search for affordability. That’s according to the latest Irish independent REA average house price index. Seamus Carthy, REA spokesman discussed the findings with Pat this morning.

Tensions in the middle east have reached an all time high after us military strikes destroyed three Iranian nuclear sites. We discuss the events of the weekend with Alastair Campbell, Host of The Rest Is Politics and Former Downing Street Director of Communications and Strategy for Tony Blair and Shashank Joshi, Defence Editor with The Economist.

We take alook back on the stories of the week on our Friday Forum. Joining Pat today was Mary Fitzpatrick Senator in Dublin Central. Seanad Spokesperson on Dublin, Dublin City Taskforce, Local Government and Heritage, Peadar Tóibín, Aontú TD for Meath West and John Lee, Executive Editor Irish Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday. 

The Lions face Argentina in the Aviva stadium tonight before travelling down under to take on the Western Force. A round of fixtures in the League of Ireland also kicks off tonight with bohemians facing Waterford FC.   And it’s a football championship weekend which means lots of fixtures to look forward to. Dublin play cork in the preliminary quarter finals while the Tailteann cup semi-f...

Israel and Iran enters its second week of conflict as the Israeli military issue another warning of incoming missiles from Iran this morning. With the latest on the situation we heard from Paul Kearns, journalist based in Tel Aviv and Gershon Baskin former Israeli hostage negotiator.

New research shows that Ireland is now the second most expensive country in the European Union. We discuss this research with Emma Howard, Economist and Lecturer at TU Dublin and Emily Keegan, Newstalk Reporter.

This weekend will be 6 months since Ireland’s first medically supervised injection centre opened in Dublin’s south inner city. Operated by Merchant’s Quay Ireland, it’s been used more than 4-thousand times. Our reporter Emma Tyrrell visited the Riverbank Centre to find out more about the 18 month pilot.

From 27 weeks to 18.4 weeks, the driving test wait list has finally been reduced. The RSA action plan set out a series of actions to bring the average wait time down. This included expanding testing hours, training new testers and even building new driving test centers in Drogheda and Sandyford, which are due to be open soon.  All to discuss with Brendan Walsh, chief operations officer of the...

Donald Trump has approved attack plans for Iran, but for now is holding back on a final decision to go ahead with any attack according to sources who spoke to CBS news who also earlier reported that trump was weighing a strike on Iran’s subterranean uranium enrichment facility in Fordo. Analysis on this and more from Scott Lucas Professor and Political Analyst, Clinton Institute, UCD

You might know him from being the Horslips drummer and lyricist or from his journalistic career with the Herald in 1989.  Eamon Carr, writer, musician and art historian released his new book ‘Pure Gold: memorable conversations with remarkable people’.