The Pat Kenny Show

With 6020 people on the waiting list for home care, what future for those who need it? To discuss further Pat was joined on the show by Duncan Smith Labour TD and spokesperson on Health, Disability, Transport & Communications.

We discuss who’s blaming who behind the doors at RTE  with Fionnan Sheahan Ireland Editor of the Irish Independent.

A new centre for species survival in Ireland has been established at Dublin Zoo and Pat was joined on the show by the Director of Dublin Zoo Dr. Christoph Schwitzer.

An alarming rise in antisemitic attacks across Europe stokes fears for Jewish communities. We get further details from Naomi O'Leary Europe Correspondent for the Irish Times.

Professor Luke O’Neill talks to us about salt being banned in Uruguay.

Miriam Mulcahy tells Pat about three of her favourite pageturners. She tell us why she has chosen ‘A Wizard of Earth Sea’, Ursula K. Le Guin, ‘Anna Karenina’, Leo Tolstoy and ‘A Memoir of My Former Self: A Life in Writing’, Hilary Mantel .

8 in 10 Irish people are against EU plans to allow 16-year-olds to drive – Are they correct? We discussed this with Transport Consultant Conor Faughnan.

Brawn, Beckham, the Last Dance - Shane Hannon joined us next to talk through the best sporting documentaries.

A spate of synthetic heroin overdoses over the weekend has brought the drug back into the headlines. 54 overdose presentations were reported in total, giving many who know the city's history a terrifying flashback to the heroin epidemic of the 80s. 

  Our reporter Sarah Madden has been investigating the lasting legacy of drugs in the Capital, where experts warn the worst may be yet to come.

Professor Scott Lucas joins us to discuss US President Biden’s ‘mild hope’ with regard to hostages and we speak to Doctors Without Borders with Enas Abu Khalaf Head of Communications, Médecins Sans Frontières - Doctors Without Borders.