The Pat Kenny Show

According to a new report, Irish children’s reading has gotten worse since the pandemic. Joining Ciara, filling in for Pat, to discuss the importance of reading, and how we can help our children discover a love for books, is author and former Laureate na nÓg, Patricia Forde

Joining Ciara, filling in for Pat, to take a look at the main stories in the Sunday papers Louise O'Reilly, Sinn Féin TD for Dublin Fingal West, Paul Hosford, Deputy Political Editor with The Irish Examiner, and Pat Rabbitte, former Labour Party leader.

Irish comedy legend Risteárd Cooper joins Ciara, filling in for Pat. Best known for his hilarious impressions on Après Match, Risteárd is here to tell us all about his new solo tour, ‘Out Of His Head’.

Owner of the Dublin Cookery School, Gerry Devlin joins Ciara, filling in for Pat, with some vibrant summer dishes to make us feel like it’s 25 degrees and sunny.

Time for Ask the Expert and joining Ciara, filling in for Pat, this morning to answer your medical questions is Dr. Eleanor Galvin.

Reports suggest a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz could be signed within days. We'll get the latest from Mark Weiss of The Irish Times. 

Now, following the stabbing incident in Belfast and the subsequent disorder and far-right mobilization we’ve seen on the streets including here in Dublin, questions are being raised about how violence is amplified and turned into political flashpoints.     To help us understand the dynamics at play, from a culture of violence to online escalation, Ciara, filling in for Pat, is joine...

Miguel Delaney joins Ciara, filling in for Pat, to discuss the World Cup, and some of its shortcomings.

Dr Ken Ó Donnchú joins Ciara, filling in for Pat, to discuss his new book on Irish sayings dating back centuries.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is in Ireland this weekend as a major Canadian tech firm announces a €105 million investment and 400 new jobs here - so what does it all mean for Ireland's relationship with Canada and the US? Chief Reporter with Bauer Media Audio Ireland, Barry Whyte, joins Ciara, filling in for Pat, to discuss.

It’s twenty years since the death of Charlie Haughey.  We review his legacy with his biographer, Professor Gary Murphy.

Are you one of those people who look forward to the annual release of the top ten things we searched Google for? Simon Rogers is Google’s data editor, and his new book what we ask google offers an insight into how good or bad humanity could be doing based on what it searches for, and he joined Pat to explain.

Over 40 members of the defence forces recently took part in an intensive four-day training exercise at Fort Davis in County Cork as part of a programme to develop them into the next leaders of the defence forces.   Our southern reporter, Jamie O'hara went to Fort Davis to meet with some of those taking part.

Pat was joined by one of the world’s prominent scholars of the holocaust. Born and raised in a kibutz, Omer Bartov also served as an officer in the Israeli army.   His new book, Israel: What Went Wrong, focuses on the tragedy besetting Israel and Palestine. it pulls no punches as it sets out how Israeli actions can only be described as genocide.

Since its construction in 1978, Aughinish has been the largest alumina refinery in Europe and one of the largest employers in the Limerick area.   In recent weeks, reporting from The Irish Times and the organised crime and corruption reporting project has shown that alumina refined in Aughinish is being sent to Russia.   From there, their investigation shows aluminum once refined in Augh...

With leaving cert students in the middle of their exams. Math's Paper one on Friday was, from all accounts a very difficult exam. Students and their teachers reported that the wording around the questions was confusing and time-consuming to comprehend. So was Math's Paper one a stinker, and should students be worrying following the exam ? Pat was joined by Eoghan O’Leary, Head of Maths at the tuit...

Join Pat to run through the main stories from the Sunday papers !

The spat between the government and the board of the Rotunda is continuing as Taoiseach Micheal Martin warned the board to reflect on its decision.     The spat originates from the hospital's decision not to fully implement the public-only consultant contract.   Allowing a small number of consultants on public contracts to provide private maternity care.   It is reported that t...

Gareth Mullins, executive chef at the Anantara Hotel, joins Pat with a recipe for a Asian Flavored Chicken Sandwich as well as his favourite salad to make this time of year, the panzanella !

Luke O’Neil, professor of biochemistry in the school of biochemistry and immunology at Trinity College Dublin Joined Pat as always on a Saturday, but this time from Sarajevo.  This week Luke spoke to Pat about a major conference happening in Chicago, where the world's leading cancer specialists and researchers are coming together to share how they are working to fight the disease.

It’s been a week where both the conflict in the Middle East and the war in Ukraine offered both horror as attacks continue, and hope as there are talks of ceasefires and talks about talks in both conflicts.   To make sense of what may be happening and to discuss the role US President Trump wants to play Pat was joined by Scott Lucas, professor and political analyst at the Clinton Institute in...

Music and war may seem poles apart, but the suffering caused by conflict is sometimes best captured in the music of a great composer.   Music in time of war is the theme of this year’s West Cork Chamber Music Festival, which runs from 26th June until the 5th July.   The festival director joined Pat to talk us through some of the music and why it was chosen as this year's theme.

After an awards-laden spring which brought acclaim to the film adaptation of her novel Hamnet, she has a new novel, which was published on the 2nd of June.   Pat was joined by the great Maggie O’Farrell to talk about why her family history was the inspiration behind the book, aswell as to talk around the huge success of Hamnet.

Yesterday, board members of the Rotunda Hospital defied the Health minster by refusing to accept a government order to halt public-only consultants caring for private patients.     The number of consultant obstetricians on public contracts at the hospitals is small, but it is reported that the hospital wishes to make a stand as a matter of principle.     The dispute could see H...

While exams often represent a significant shift in routine, they don’t necessarily need to be accompanied by a drastic change in diet.  Simple, efficient ways to introduce nutrients and key sugars to ensure brain function throughout are more than enough.  Joining Pat to discuss the dos and don'ts of exam dieting and wellbeing is registered dietician and nutritionist Sarah Keogh.