The Pat Kenny Show
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Feb 21, 2025 • 8min
A look back on the big weekend of sport with Colm Colm Boohig
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.
Feb 21, 2025 • 16min
Calls increase for Zelensky to return to the negotiating table
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.
Feb 21, 2025 • 13min
More than 6,000 cases of welfare fraud uncovered last year
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.
Feb 21, 2025 • 20min
Wrong Women: Selling Sex in Monto, Dublin’s Forgotten Red Light District
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.
Feb 20, 2025 • 8min
Boxed With John Fardy features 'Apple Cider Vinegar'
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'.
Feb 20, 2025 • 8min
Floodlights the curious and often controversial place in sports history
Recently football fans were briefly left in the dark at Tolka Park after a floodlight failure during the League of Ireland Premier Division opener between Shelbourne and Derry City. With a growing fear that the match could be abandoned, power was thankfully restored after 45 minutes, allowing play to continue. But floodlights have long held a curious and often controversial place in history, as Off The Ball’s Cameron Hill explain.
Feb 20, 2025 • 8min
Disinformation slot with David Robert Grimes
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.
Feb 20, 2025 • 8min
The new exoplanet that might have life
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.
Feb 20, 2025 • 12min
In 2024 Irish road users paid over 430 million euro at various toll bridges
Since going to eFlow in 2008, motorists have paid over 2.1 billion euro in tolls on the M50, including 211 million euro last year. Meanwhile in 2024 alone, road users paid over 430 million euro at various toll bridges around the country, according to figures obtained by Newstalk under the Freedom of Information Act. To dive deeper into the figures Pat was joined by Newstalk reporter Andrew Lowth.
Feb 20, 2025 • 7min
How to avoid forever chemicals
PFAS can be found in everything from straws, beauty products to paint. We hear how to avoid them in this weeks sustainability slot with Jo Linehan, Editor of the Climate Supplement at the Sunday Times Ireland .
