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The Pat Kenny Show
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Pat brings you the sharpest analysis of news and current affairs on the radio and fresh perspectives on the issues that will define a generation. Breaking news is interwoven with reflective news features and reports from a variety of reporters based across the country. Experts are on hand to guide listeners on everything from consumer and employment rights and health issues to savvy holiday options. And Pat is joined by all the best personalities from the entertainment world.
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Pat's Sunday Papers Review August 16th
Yesterday00:17:21Tap to summarizeJoining Pat to run through this week's Sunday papers is Kevin Doyle, Executive Editor at the Irish Independent.
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Gaza Students' Visas Refused
Yesterday00:08:12Tap to summarizeThe Minister for Justice has been put on notice of possible legal action because of his department's refusal to issue visas to refugee students from Gaza who have been awarded scholarships by Irish universities, for degree courses that are due to begin within weeks. Pat's joined by one of the legal team involved at Belfast firm Phoenix Law, trainee solicitor Alannah Faulkner.
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The Chinese Automotive Industry Coming to Europe
Yesterday00:10:21Tap to summarizeAs Europe’s car sector continues to falter, Chinese companies are making rapid inroads into the market causing concern about the future of the continent’s independent car industry. But where is Europe's new Chinese-linked automotive market headed? And why are Chinese companies flocking to Europe? Joining Pat is Ian Henry, an automotive production expert and director of ‘Autoanalysis’ consultancy.
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'Buried' The Banned Toxic Forever Chemicals Ravaging Communities
Yesterday00:16:37Tap to summarizeDespite being banned around the world in the 1980s, the toxic forever chemical polychlorinated biphenyl, or PCB, continues to ravage communities across the United Kingdom in a major contamination scandal. Now, the actor Michael sheen has teemed up with two investigative journalists in a new documentary to investigate how this was allowed to happen and uncover the health problems the toxins have caused. Joining me now to tell us more is Lucy Taylor, an investigative environmental journalist and presenter of the ‘Buried’ podcast on the BBC
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Israel's Archaeological Cleansing of Gaza
Yesterday00:11:13Tap to summarizeRecently disturbing reports have been emerging from Gaza that Israel has been carting off rubble and human remains in an effort to cover up their genocide. Joining me with the latest is Middle East journalist, Hannah McCarthy.
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2d ago00:08:34Tap to summarizeNow it’s time for another round of Boxed with John Fardy, presenter of Screentime. This week we are heading to the seemingly glamorous world of 1980s which is the backdrop to 'The Shards.'
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Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
2d ago00:10:42Tap to summarizeFoetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, it’s a condition you might not be too familiar with. But believe it or not, you almost certainly know someone dealing with FASD. Joining Pat is CEO and founder of FASD Ireland, Tristan Casson-Rennie, to tell us about the condition affecting 1 in 10 babies born in Ireland.
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Ask The Expert: John Costello, Wills and Inheritance Expert
2d ago00:12:19Tap to summarizeIn the immortal words of Benjamin Franklin, “In this world, nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes” Joining Pat on this week’s ‘Ask The Expert’ is former president of the Law Society, John Costello, of Noble Law Solicitors in Dundrum. John is a wills, inheritance and probate expert, here to answer your questions.
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Liz McManus On Her New Book, 'Tiny Bruises'
2d ago00:13:18Tap to summarizeListeners may remember hearing Pat's next guest being grilled by Pat over the political decisions she made in the 1990s and 2000s. Since leaving politics in 2011, Liz McManus has embraced creative writing and joins Pat to talk about her new novel: Tiny Bruises.
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Luke O'Neill on Dr. Anthony Fauci
2d ago00:07:33Tap to summarizeTime for Pat's weekly chat with Professor Luke O’Neill, professor of biochemistry in the School of Biochemistry and Immunology at Trinity College Dublin and this week Pat and Professor O'Neil are looking at the persecution of Dr Anthony Fauci by the Trump administration.
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