The Pat Kenny Show

Keeping a stiff upper lip and suppressing negative thoughts is good for mental health, that’s according to a Cambridge study. Brendan Kelly, Professor of Psychiatry at Trinity College Dublin and Author of “In Search of Madness gave his thoughts on this to Shane on the show this morning.

Ryanair DAC CEO, Eddie Wilson joins us today to discuss Ryanair being forced to cut 17 routes and relocate19 eco-friendly aircraft from Dublin Airport. 

The final day of the National Ploughing Championships takes place today at Ratheniska Co Laois. There have been many issues teased out and debated by the farmers in attendance. One of the most concerning factors for those involved in agriculture is the drop off in full-time farmers. Our reporter, Josh Crosbie has been out around the Ploughing looking ahead at the future of farming Ireland:

OTB’S Eoin Shehan brings us an insight into Rassie Erasmus and Irish rugby a fascinating relationship.

In the wake of the Temple Street Hospital surgery controversy, we get an update on the reviews published by CHI into the surgeries with Paul Cullen Health Editor of The Irish Times, and also Ciaran Tansey, Solicitor at Damien Tansey Solicitors, Sligo and Dublin.

Vaccines train the immune system against pathogen invaders. But in autoimmune diseases, the immune system becomes the enemy. Scientists have now figured out a way to tamp down this self-destructive response in mice by attaching sugars to molecules that provoke immune cells. This ‘inverse vaccine’ could potentially lead to new ways to combat autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis (MS) lupus and Type I diabetes.

Luke O'Neill Professor of Biochemistry at the School of Immunology, Trinity College  brings us more details on this

How to drive more sustainably? Jo Linehan Editor of the Climate Supplement at the Sunday Times Ireland gives us her review of some EVs in the market today.

13 people were arrested over public order incidents after demonstrations outside Leinster House. We get a reaction to what happened yesterday evening with Jack Horgan Jones, Political Reporter of The Irish Times, Lorraine Clifford-Lee, Fianna Fail Senator, and Jerry Buttimer Senator, Cathaoirleach Seanad Éireann. 

Death in the Blood: Caroline Wheeler's Book Unveils the Nhs's Worst Treatment Disaster, Spanning Over Two Decades, Which Devastated Tens of Thousands of Lives. 

A voice familiar to the nation, we speak to presenter Ian Dempsey on a quarter of a century on Today FM.