Highlights From The Pat Kenny Show

Traveling with toddlers can equal holiday hell but good planning should reduce the headache and increase the joy hosts of the stretchmarks podcast give us their tips. Speaking to Jonathan Healy on the show today was Sinead O’Moore, mum of two and also Caroline Foran mum of one.

Hybrid and invasive species are up for discussion on the green scene with Dr Ruth Freeman, Director of Science for Society at Science Foundation Ireland.

Mid June is the perfect time to take cuttings from your favourite plants and it's free. Paraic Horkan brings us loads of gardening tips and advice.

Tánaiste Leo Varadkar joined Jonathan on the show this morning to discuss the new living wage and more.

On this World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, we hear about the increased concerns of our elderly being exploited with Ralph Riegal, Journalist with the Irish Independent and also Nat O'Connor Public Affairs and Policy Specialist with Age Action.

To mark Men Health Week, We look at the symptoms and signs of prostate cancer with Professor Thomas H Lynch Consultant Urological Surgeon in St. James’s Hospital and Trinity College, Dublin.

We get a reaction to Presdient Michael D Higgins’s comments on the housing crisis becoming a ‘disaster' with Ruari Quinn Former Labour Leader, Eoin O’Broin, Sinn Fein T.D. for Dublin Mid-West. Spokesperson on Housing, Local Govt & Heritage and also Mary Loftus, Lecturer in Computing at ATU, Sligo.

Jess Kelly, Newstalk tech correspondent told us about some new Instagram tools for parents and answered all your tech questions.

Are you eager to find love after the pandemic? Jonathan Healy discussed this more with Stephanie Regan a Clinical Psychotherapist.

Hope for tight restrictions on buying guns in America, Terry Sheridan, Managing Editor, WSHU Public Radio brought us up to date with the latest breakthrough between lawmakers.

A man was jailed yesterday for sharing intimate images of his ex-girlfriend without her consent, this is one of the first cases of its kind, we hear why it’s so important for other victims of revenge porn. Róisín Á Costello is Assistant Professor at the School of Law & Government at Dublin City University and a barrister joined Jonathan Healy on the show.

Jonathan Healy was joined by Fintan Hourihane, Chief Exec with Irish Dental Association to find out why dentists are not participating in a scheme aimed to treat medical card holders.

As heat soars within cabin crew in Ryanair, and popular destinations spots in France and Spain Jonathan Healy was joined for the very latest on the rising temperatures by Eoghan Corry, Travel expert and Editor of air and travel magazine, and Graham Keeley, Spain Correspondent for The Independent.

Jack Lambert, Professor of Medicine and Infectious Diseases at UCD School of Medicine discussed some of the worrying side effects of long covid with Jonathan Healy.

The difficulty in securing student accommodation is likely to be the worst it’s ever been this autumn. Jonathan Healy was joined on the show to discuss by Clare Austick, President of The Union of Students in Ireland, Ciarán Ó hÓgartaigh, President of NUIG, and Aine Ni Mhurcu, a UL Student.

Taxi drivers, farmers, and your reaction to the fuel hikes, Newstalk Reporter Barry Whyte brings us a report on the price of fuel.

Jonathan Healy was joined on the show for reaction and analysis to Boris Johnson’s controversial Protocol Bill from Northern Ireland Justice Minister Naomi Long and the Leader of the Alliance Party.

Experiencing `hot flushes and finding it hard to sleep? Our Monday expert was Oonagh O'Hagan, a Qualified Pharmacist of Meagher’s Pharmacy who answered all your questions.

Jonathan Healy spoke to author Kevin Barry about his stage adaptation of the Frank O’Connor classic ‘Guests of The Nation’.

Pol O’Conghaile, Travel Editor, Irish Independent joined Jonathan Healy on the show to discuss the best beaches and fun new activities for you to do on your staycation.