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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...

Episodes

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Noah Donohoe: The Search For Truth

In June 2020, 14-year-old Noah Donohoe left his home in Belfast on his bike and never returned. Six days later, his body was found in a stor...

00:13:13Nov 1, 2026

US Midterms Countdown: Can Democrats Flip Congress?

With the US midterm elections just days away, Pat is joined by Niall Stanage, White House columnist with The Hill, to gauge how much trouble...

00:18:18Nov 1, 2026

Remembering Ciara Mageean

Pat is joined by Off The Ball’s Shane Hannon as they react to the heartbreaking news that Irish middle-distance star Ciara “Kira” McGeean ha...

00:07:58Nov 1, 2026

The truth behind the death of Houdini

One hundred years on from the reported Halloween death of Harry Houdini, the mystery still fascinates. The famous movie version shows him dy...

00:15:14Nov 1, 2026

Pat's Sunday Newspaper Review November 1st

Pat Kenny is joined by Irish Times political correspondent Jack Horgan-Jones to comb through the Sunday papers, with the latest Ireland Thin...

00:17:25Nov 1, 2026

Jimmy MacCarthy re-releases 'The Song of the Singing Horseman'

Thirty-five years after his debut album, The Song of the Singing Horseman, Jimmy MacCarthy has been playing it live in full and in order, an...

00:11:51Oct 31, 2026

New AI eye test can measure risk of heart attack from a photo

We tend to think of an eye test as a way of checking our vision, but what if a photograph of the back of your eye could also help predict yo...

00:15:14Oct 31, 2026

What will Christine Lagarde's legacy be?

On Thursday, Christine Lagarde, president of the European Central Bank, announced she was retiring. Her period in charge covered both the pa...

00:07:01Oct 31, 2026

Traditional Irish curly kale with Gareth Mullins

With Halloween here, we’re celebrating something else that is classically Irish: curly kale. For generations, it’s been a staple of the Hall...

00:05:20Oct 31, 2026

Science with Luke O'Neill: spooky Halloween science!

In the spirit of Halloween, Professor of Biochemistry in Trinity College Dublin Dr. Luke O'Neill joins Pat to share some suitably scary scie...

00:06:51Oct 31, 2026

Joe Duffy on his new book 'Talk to Joe'

Joe Duffy spent almost four decades listening to Ireland on Liveline. Now, in his new book, Talk to Joe, he reflects on the stories that cha...

00:25:34Oct 31, 2026

The Divided States of America with Pat Kenny Episode 3

In this episode Pat is joined by Senior National Politics Reporter with Politico, Lauren Fedor, to discuss the battle for control of Congess...

00:48:51Oct 30, 2026

MICK CLIFFORD'S BOOK ON GROWING UP IN THE KERRY GAA

MICK’S NEW BOOK – THERE I LONG TO BE - FOCUSES ON THE ROLE GAELIC FOOTBALL PLAYED, AND CONTINUES TO PLAY, IN HIS LIFE AS A KERRYMAN, NOW LIV...

00:13:05Oct 26, 2026

CHEF GARETH MULLINS' HALLOWE'EN TREATS

GARETH MULLINS, EXECUTIVE CHEF AT ANANTARA THE MARKER DUBLIN AND FORBES STREET RESTAURANT SERVES UP SOME FUN RECIPES FOR HALLOWE'EN BARMBRAC...

00:06:39Oct 26, 2026

FRANCE'S ONGOING STREET PROTESTS

FRANCE PROTESTS INTRO: FRANCE IS BRACING FOR ANOTHER WEEKEND OF PROTESTS AFTER LAST WEEKEND’S DEMONSTRATIONS DESCENDED INTO RIOTING, LOOTING...

00:12:26Oct 26, 2026

SHARON SHANNON'S NEW ALBUM

CELEBRATED TRADITIONAL MUSICIAN SHARON SHANNON SPEAKS TO PAT ABOUT HER FORTHCOMING ALBUM, AND SHARES FOND MEMORIES OF HER LIFELONG FRIENDSHI...

00:11:12Oct 26, 2026

Anti-semitism conference bookings cancelled by Dublin hotel

AS PART OF IRELAND’S EU PRESIDENCY, THIS WEEK SAW AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ANTI-SEMITISM TAKE PLACE IN DUBLIN. THE CONFERENCE WAS DUE...

00:13:01Oct 25, 2026

REGENERATION OF INNER CITY DUBLIN

INNER CITY DEVELOPMENT Conor Skehan, Sunday Independent Columnist INTRO: DUBLIN CITY CENTRE HAS LONG STRUGGLED WITH DERELICTION, ANTISOCIAL...

00:18:35Oct 25, 2026

Israel Votes: Is the two-state solution dead?

As Israel heads to the polls on Tuesday, Pat asks what’s become of the two-state solution and why, across much of the Knesset, support for a...

00:09:28Oct 25, 2026

Charles Haughey: Glory, Greed, and Guns with Vincent Browne

Charles Haughey remains one of the most divisive figures in Irish political history: a formidable operator, three times Taoiseach, and a man...

00:27:51Oct 25, 2026