Highlights From The Pat Kenny Show

There is still no result date for this year’s leaving cert students. We find out why and what it means with Alex Rowley a leaving cert student and also Brian Mooney Career Guidance Counsellor and Irish Times Education Columnist. Listen and subscribe to The Pat Kenny Show on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify.      Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.    You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.

Newstalk has teamed up with Aldi to have a look at some of the great Irish producers taking part in the Grow with Aldi Campaign this year. 24 of Ireland's most innovative producers have won a place on the programme, with their exciting products being placed on sale in 150 stores as we speak. Today Henry McKean visited Nicola Kearns who founded Nik's Tea at her kitchen table in Dublin. And Hurst Botanicals, a Fairtrade Kombucha produced by couple, Ellen Quinn & Alex Falco, who are passionate about biodiversity based in County Clare.

A new book sheds light on the political assassination which helped spark the Irish civil war. Great Hatred: The Assassination Of Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson is written by Ronan McGreeve and Ronan joined Pat on the show this morning. Listen and subscribe to The Pat Kenny Show on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify.      Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.    You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.

To mark 'Global Surgery Day today Pat was joined on the show by  Gillian Curtin heart recipient who received a heart transplant in 2019 and also  Dr Aisling Kinsella  Consultant Cardiothoracic surgeon in the Mater hospital. Listen and subscribe to The Pat Kenny Show on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify.      Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.    You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.

Exciting advancements in scallop fishing and how light pollution has reduced as a result of the current energy crisis are on the agenda for our weekly Green Scene with Dr. Ruth Freeman Director of Science for Society at Science Foundation Ireland. Listen and subscribe to The Pat Kenny Show on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify.      Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.    You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.

With the Sue Gray report imminent, is Boris Johnson finally toast? We speak to former Labour strategist Alastair Campbell. Listen and subscribe to The Pat Kenny Show on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify.      Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.    You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.

The Government could be planning to scrap the 80 euro a night charge for a hospital stay for public patients, will this lead to people cancelling their health insurance policies, and is that a good idea? To discuss this further Pat was joined on the show by Dermot Goode from  Totalhealthcover.ie. Listen and subscribe to The Pat Kenny Show on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify.      Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.    You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.

We get the latest on the school shooting in Texas that has left 21 children and adults dead. Live from the USA Terry Sheridan Managing Editor, WSHU Public Radio spoke to Pat this morning.  Listen and subscribe to The Pat Kenny Show on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify.      Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.    You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.

Will the bank of Mum and Dad have to fund the basic needs of primary schools? To discuss this Pat was joined on the show by Seamus Mulconry General Secretary Catholic Primary Schools’ Management Association. Listen and subscribe to The Pat Kenny Show on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify.      Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.    You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.  

We'll hear about the nitrous oxide scourge that’s plaguing Dublin with South Dublin Sinn Fein Councillor Derren Ó Brádaigh. Listen and subscribe to The Pat Kenny Show on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify.      Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.    You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.

A Dublin pub manager has claimed that too many people on social welfare "are getting too much for nothing and they are getting everything too handy". There are currently 40,000 job vaccancies in the hoispitality sector. While at the same time there are 150,000 people on social welfare who are eligible to work. However Social Democrats TD for Dublin Central Gary Gannon says the reason the hospitality sector are struuggling to find staff is because of low wages. Our reporter Barry Whyte has been looking into why there are so many job vaccancies in hospitality and other sectors here....

Authur Jane Mitchell joined Pat on the show this morning to chat about her new novel about a young girl and her mother who flee to Ireland and are placed in Direct Provision 'Run For Your Life'. Listen and subscribe to The Pat Kenny Show on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify.      Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.    You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.

In the first installment of our new series professional spotlight, we take a look at the career of a veterinary surgeon. Pat was joined this morning by  Elise O’Byrne White  Veterinary surgeon at the DSPCA and also Conor Geraghty Veterinary Surgeon with Farmgate Veterinary Group.  Listen and subscribe to The Pat Kenny Show on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify.      Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.    You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.

Elon Musk retracts 20 million car ‘promise’ amid electric car shortage and a Mercedes-Benz breaks records selling for €135 million.  Geraldine Herbert, Motoring Correspondent for Sunday Independent brings us more on these stories in our motoring slot. Listen and subscribe to The Pat Kenny Show on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify.      Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.    You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.

Are passport delays about to ruin your holiday plans? We speak to travel journalist Eoghan Corry and Senator Lisa Chambers about the delay in getting passports processed especially with children's passports. Listen and subscribe to The Pat Kenny Show on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify.      Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.    You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.

We speak to a Cavan farmer who is making a killing from snail farming. Peter Monaghan spoke to Pat this morning on the show. Listen and subscribe to The Pat Kenny Show on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify.      Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.    You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.

As Spain reviews it’s Covid rules on June 15 we find out why it’s Ireland’s most popular sun holiday destination with Travel with Pol Ó Conghaile. Listen and subscribe to The Pat Kenny Show on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify.      Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.    You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.

Pat was joined on the show by author Robert Samuels to discuss his new book 'His Name Was George Floyd' Listen and subscribe to The Pat Kenny Show on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify.      Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.    You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.

Dr. Ann Maire Eustace Ryan Consultant Gastroenterologist in Tipperary University Hospital and who specializes in Endoscopy was our expert today and Ann Marie answered listeners gut related health questions on the show this morning.   With thanks to Standard Life. Listen and subscribe to The Pat Kenny Show on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify.      Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.    You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.

Green MEP Ciaran Cuffe joined Pat this morning on the show to discuss how Europe is repowering to distance itself further from Russia. Listen and subscribe to The Pat Kenny Show on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify.      Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.    You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.