Highlights From The Pat Kenny Show

French President Emanuel Macron yesterday met with Donald Trump at the White House on the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Macron had warnings for Trump on Putin’s trustworthiness. To look back on this meeting and what said was Patrick Bury, Senior Security lecturer at the University of Bath, Former NATO Analyst and Army officer.

Pat Divilly, author of ‘‘Shadow Work: A Practical Guide to Embracing Your Shadow Side, Tackling Shame And Transforming Pain Into Power’ joined Pat on the show to discuss the importance of shadow work.

A planning application has been submitted to convert the building into an International Protection Accommodation Centre.Our Chief Reporter Barry Whyte has been speaking to local residents and businesses in the Mount Street Area.

 Finance expert Paul Merriman is our expert today and he answered listeners questions on divorce finance.All with thanks to Hidden Hearing.

Bestselling children’s author Dav Pilkey joins us to discuss the success of his graphic novels and of the new spinoff movie: ‘Dog man.’ Dav is a prolific author, with more than five different kid’s series, notably among those are Dog man, Captain Underpants and Cat Kid Comic Club.

There are calls on the government to make it illegal to impersonate someone in order to trick people online, a practice known as ‘catfishing’.  Stephanie Regan, Clinical Psychotherapist talks us through the psychological dynamics and the impacts.

Liverpool is set to win another title this year as it defeats Man City. And the 6 Nations is heating up as Ireland is on track for another Grand Slam. Colm Bohig from Off The Ball looks back on the weekend of sport.

Now on his tenth day in hospital, how is the Pope’s medical condition progressing? We get the latest with Elise Ann Allen Senior Correspondent, The Crux. 

Planning rules on cabins and modular homes in back gardens could be relaxed as part of Government efforts to tackle the housing crisis. We asked are modular homes just a short-term fix to the housing and rental crisis? Pat discusses this with Orla Hegarty Architect and Assistant Professor at UCD School of Architecture, Planning & Environmental Policy and also Fionnan Sheehan, Ireland Editor with the Irish Independent.

Neale Richmond TD, Fine Gael, Minister of State for International Development and Diaspora, Sinéad Gibney TD, Social Democrats  and also Jane Matthews , Political Correspondent with The Journal make up our Friday Forum this week.

Gareth Mullins talks us through two different recipes on cookies. An Oat cookie as well as a chew and crunch chocolate cookie.

Israel has said that an unknown body has been returned from Hamas in a return of hostage bodies. not one of any of the hostages. It comes after a number of bus explosions south of Tel Aviv. We get the latest on this and more with Fawaz Gerges, Professor of International Relations at LSE.

Amazon is set to take creative control of the James Bond franchise. The change of hands was announced yesterday, and will draw to a close almost eight decades of the franchise being owned by the Broccoli dynasty. The announcement has been met with mixed reaction from fans.

Calls increase for Zelensky to return to the negotiating table after his refusal to sign a deal on US access to Ukraine's critical minerals.  We get the latest on this with Inna Sovsun, Ukrainian MP and Deputy Leader of the Golos party. 

Caroline West joined Pat in studio to discuss her new book Wrong Women: Selling Sex in Monto, Dublin’s Forgotten Red Light District. She explores the lives of the women of Monto, the clientele who passed through it, and the social perceptions of such ‘fallen women.’ Her book gives a voice to the women who have been rendered invisible from the historical record.

Over the past year, 6,000 cases of suspected welfare fraud was recorded with more than €14 million in public money recovered. We discuss this further with James Geoghan, Fine Gael TD for Dublin Bay South and also Susanne Rodgers, Research and Policy Analyst at Social Justice Ireland.

The 6 Nations returns this weekend, and Ireland has its sights set on a Triple Crown win against Wales. Also, the Irish Women’s football team faces off against Turkey tonight in the UEFA Women's Nations League. Colm Boohig previews with weekend of sport.

Apple Cider Vinegar is a new six-part series on Netflix that tells the true story of Belle Gibson, an Australian influencer who falsely claimed to have cured her terminal brain cancer through alternative therapies. Set in the 2010s, the series explores the rise of wellness influencers and the impact of social media on self-care and health narratives.John Fardy tells us more about the series on this week's 'Boxed'.

Professor Luke O’Neill explains the asteroid sample that reveals the building blocks of life  likely came from outer space. Also the discovery of a new exoplanet that might have life. 

We've seen the Trump administration's scrubbing of references to everything from climate change to homosexuality, vaccines to contraceptives from various government websites, branded as Orwellian, a justifiable standpointBut there is a more fitting and alarming historical analogy that fits, one that gives us far more insight into the catastrophic consequences that arise when ideology trumps evidence in science: Lysenkoism. David Robert Grimes explains.