The Pat Kenny Show

In June 2020, 14-year-old Noah Donohoe left his home in Belfast on his bike and never returned. Six days later, his body was found in a storm drain, and the questions have never gone away.

Pat is joined by investigative journalist Donal MacIntyre, to discuss his new book 'Noah Donohoe: The Search for Truth.'

With the US midterm elections just days away, Pat is joined by Niall Stanage, White House columnist with The Hill, to gauge how much trouble Donald Trump and the Republicans could be in.

Pat is joined by Off The Ball’s Shane Hannon as they react to the heartbreaking news that Irish middle-distance star Ciara “Kira” McGeean has died, surrounded by her loved ones, after a battle with cancer.

One hundred years on from the reported Halloween death of Harry Houdini, the mystery still fascinates. The famous movie version shows him dying on stage, but that’s not what happened at all.

Pat is joined by John Conway, magic historian, former Magic Circle archivist and PhD researcher at the University of Aberdeen, to separate myth from fact: Houdini’s real name and disputed birthplace, the magician he borrowed his stage name from, and the truth about his death.

Pat Kenny is joined by Irish Times political correspondent Jack Horgan-Jones to comb through the Sunday papers, with the latest Ireland Thinks poll dominating the headlines.

Thirty-five years after his debut album, The Song of the Singing Horseman, Jimmy MacCarthy has been playing it live in full and in order, and it’s just been re-released.

He joins Pat to discuss his career, his songs being played in space, and Christy Moore.

We tend to think of an eye test as a way of checking our vision, but what if a photograph of the back of your eye could also help predict your risk of a heart attack or stroke?

A new AI program called ‘Dr Noon by Heart Eye’ uses images of the retina to identify warning signs of cardiovascular disease.

It could offer a new way of spotting serious health problems before symptoms even appear.

Joining Pat now to tell us how it works is Arthur Cummings of the Wellington Eye Clinic.

On Thursday, Christine Lagarde, president of the European Central Bank, announced she was retiring.

Her period in charge covered both the pandemic and the energy/inflation shock caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

What is her legacy?

Dan O’Brien, economist and columnist with The Currency, joins Pat to discuss

With Halloween here, we’re celebrating something else that is classically Irish: curly kale.

For generations, it’s been a staple of the Halloween table, mixed through colcannon mash, sometimes with a coin hidden inside for a bit of extra luck.

And while kale may have had its moment as a trendy superfood, there’s something to be said for the old-fashioned way of cooking it, with buttery mash or fried up with leftover potatoes.

Gareth Mullins, Executive Chef at Anantara The Marker Hotel and Forbes Street Restaurant, and co-host of the ‘Dishing It Out’ podcast, joins Pat to discuss

In the spirit of Halloween, Professor of Biochemistry in Trinity College Dublin Dr. Luke O'Neill joins Pat to share some suitably scary science stories from this week!