The Pat Kenny Show

As we move into October, there’s plenty of great Irish produce coming into season, from root vegetables and squash to apples and pears.    

Ciara was joined by Gerry Devlin, owner of the Dublin Cookery School, with some seasonal dishes that make the most of what’s available now. 

Former Taoiseach and Author of ‘Speaking My Mind’ Leo Varadkar joined Ciara Doherty to discuss his thoughts on overturning Brexit, the situation on the Garvaghy road and if Irish reunification is still on the table.  

Epstein-barr virus is one of the most common viruses in the world, with around 95% of us infected, but scientists now have strong evidence that it can play a role in multiple sclerosis.    

So how does a virus that causes little or no illness in most people go on to trigger a serious autoimmune disease in some, and could targeting the virus help us prevent MS?   

Luke O'Neill, Professor of Biochemistry in the School of Biochemistry and Immunology at Trinity College Dublin joined Ciara to explain.  

It is a well-known fact that our diet has a huge role ot play in our physical health, but there is not growing evidence that it has an effect on our stress, mood and overall mental wellbeing. 

Dietician and Founder of Eatwell Sarah Keogh joined Ciara this morning to discuss if what we eat effect how we feel.  

Ireland is now at the halfway point of its six-month Presidency of the Council of the European Union, with the Government pointing to progress on competitiveness, security, Ukraine and EU enlargement.  

But the Presidency is taking place against an increasingly volatile international backdrop, how much can Ireland really achieve? 

Fianna Fail TD & Minister of State for European Affairs and Defence Thomas Byrne joined Ciara Doherty to discuss.  

The iconic Irish band U2 is celebrating their 50th anniversary.

In homage to the band, arts journalist Pat Carty joined Ciara to take a look back at some of their hits and highlights.

The audacious Catalpa escape story had its 150th anniversary this year.

To mark it, historian Michael Barry has just published Catalpa: The Epic Story of the Greatest Prison Rescue in Irish History.

Michael joined Ciara this morning to discuss the book.

Image: Ennis Bookshop

Under normal circumstances, talk around the game against Israel would be focused on how Ireland might turn around a terrible Thursday night loss against Kosovo. 

But, after recent developments and Gavin Bazunu pulling out from the lineup, has anything changed?

Aidan Fitzmaurice, Sports Reporter at Irish Independent joined Ciara live from Hungary.

In the past few weeks, there have been growing concerns about how trustworthy AI really is. 

 With multiple data breaches including the Australian government having their data breach and Revolut’s second date breach in less than a month, are our AI fears justified?  

 CEO of Smartteach247, Raluca Saceanu joined Ciara to discuss.

Joining Ciara Doherty to go through Sunday's Newspapers was Larry Donnelly, Law Lecturer at the University of Galway and Lynn Boylan Sinn Féin MEP for Dublin.