Highlights From The Pat Kenny Show

Dating in your 30s is a brave new world from online and apps, to ghosting and meeting someone in a bar. Never mind those, but maybe you have a kid, a mortgage and any of the other regular pressures of being an adult. All to chat with comedian Stephen Mullan.

The UN-backed agency responsible for monitoring world hunger is today expected to declare a famine in Gaza City. The declaration comes as the Israeli cabinet approves a full offensive on the city. We get the latest on the situation there with Fawaz Gerges, Professor of International Relations at London School of Economics.

Bus Eireann have been urged to relax its retirement age limit for drivers to accommodate more children on school buses.  Bus Eireann have mandated that all drivers must retire by 70. Pat discusses this further with Sean Canney, Minister of state with responsibility for international and road transport, logistics, rail and ports.

Labour Party grandee Fergus Finlay asked permission to run for president from the party’s leader Ivana Bacik. Instead, his party has chosen to support Catherine Connolly. It isn’t the first time he’s lost out on the nomination. Fergus spoke to Pat this morning on the show.

Windfarms, microwaves, and electric lights, we hear weird history of technological conspiracy theories. David Robert Grimes author and disinformation expert tells us all.

Apple TV+  American sports comedy TV series Stick starring Owen Wilson as a former professional golfer features in this weeks Boxed with John Fardy. 

“The final tennis Grand Slam of the year, the US Open, is getting underway this week at Flushing Meadows in New York. This year marked the 50th anniversary of Arthur Ashe for whom the main tennis stadium in Flushing is named winning the Wimbledon men’s singles title. But it’s also 75 years this very week since the first African-American player was allowed enter the US Open Althea Gibson. To tell us more about this pioneering tennis star, is Cameron Hill from Off The Ball.

According to a new survey, more than one third of Irish employees have actively looked for private information about their colleagues or customers in the last year including information about their salary, home address and age. All to discuss with Mary Connaughton, Director of CIPD.

With the recent F1 success of Alex Dunne, the Netflix series ‘Drive to Survive’ and the Formula One movie with Brad Pitt. Motor racing is even back in Vogue. So we decided to send Henry McKean to Mondello Park.

 A new survey had found that 85% of Irish professionals say they would consider a job that contributes to climate in the future. Sustainability journalist  Jo Linehan looks at the findings and explains how people can train, upskill and more into a green sector in the coming years as the market for climate jobs grows.

Israel gives final approval for a controversial settlement project in the occupied West Bank that would effectively cut the territory in two. We get reaction to this with Paul Kearns, Irish journalist based in Tel Aviv and also Zahra Legris, Mental Health Activity Manager for Médecins Sans Frontières.

The government is under pressure from investigators after new forensic evidence identifies two suspects in the Guilford pub attack and other IRA bombings. The suspects are now in their 70s and 80s. But what does this new evidence mean and what will happen now? Pat discusses this with John Ware, Journalist, Author, and Investigative Reporter, former BBC Panorama Reporter.

Nearly two-thirds of students questioned in an educational program believed that using contraception can cause infertility. Much of the misinformation that they’re exposed to comes from online sources, like social media and Chat GPT.  Debunking the Myths, a sexual education programme based at The Rotunda Hospital, provides accurate and reliable sex education without judgement. Pat was joined on the show by Registrar in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the Rotunda Hospital and Lead doctor on the new programme.

Debt can come in many forms from a credit card repayment, a car loan or a long-term loan. Unfortunately, for many, debt problems can cause substantial distress and worry. This financial worry may be unavoidable, but how can we best deal with it? And just why do we overspend on what we can’t afford to repay? Paul Merriman, Financial Advisor and Founder of ASKPAUL.ie.

It’s that time of year where you may be preparing to get the kids back in school. But for many kids, this can be a very difficult time; putting up a fuss with the idea of getting back in the classroom. This even has a term in psychological term called Emotionally Based School Avoidance (EBSA. Pat discusses this further with James Callaghan CAMHS experienced CBT Therapist, EMDR Consultant and mental health nurse lecturer and author behind Leo Roars: A brave lion’s guide to overcoming panic attacks.

An Irish company has designed a next-generation luminous paint that could be shining on a road near you soon if a trial in Co. Sligo is successful. Luminous paint isn’t a new idea but with modern materials and manufacturing it does look as if it might now be useful for road markings. The Irish company behind this one is called called LuminousFlux. Conor Faughnan Transport Commentator tell us more.

A Swedish church weighing 672 tonnes is being moved five kilometers over two days so that Europe’s biggest underground mine can expand.  It’s taken eight years of planning and more than €45 million to get to this point, which is part of a larger multi-decade process to move the entire Arctic town of Kiruna. We more on this fascinating story with Philip O'Connor a freelance journalist based in Sweden. 

The tale of atomic seeds captures the paradox of the United States in the 1950s and 1960s. It was both a marketing gimmick and a genuine scientific endeavour. It was propelled by a sincere belief that new technology could banish hunger and improve lives, and by a taste for novelty and spectacle. It bridged the lab and the lawn, the scientist and the housewife, the promise of a better tomato and the hope of a better world. All to chat with Diarmuid Gavin, award winning Garden Designer.  

Evyatar David was abducted from the Nova music festival on Oct 7th and is one of 50 hostages still in Gaza, of whom 20 are still believed to be alive. Hamas released footage of the emaciated 24-year-old Evyatar David on Saturday, Aug 2nd. Evyatar’s brother Ilay David is advocating for his immediate return home and he spoke to Pat this morning.

This week on Inside Hollywood, we continue our look at The Perfect Movie and Lisa Cannon breaks down the artistry of The Godfather.