Highlights From The Pat Kenny Show

Cervical Check campaigners accuse HSE of glossing over their mistakes. Stephen Teap, Cervical Check Patient representative spoke to Anton this morning.

As a new report shows that an average Irish drinker consumes the equivalent of 235 cans of Alcohol each year. Is is our drinking culture here beyond the point of rescue. We discuss this further Anton spoke to Professor Frank Murray,Chairman of Alcohol Health Action Ireland and also Dr Mary Ryan Consultant Consultation Endocrinologist & Senior Lecturer in the Bon Secours Barrington’s, Hospital in Limerick.  

Taxi fares are set to become more costly from today. The price of getting a cab in Ireland has risen by 12 percent. Anton spoke to Wendy Thompson NTA Director of Public Transport Regulation.

Minister Stephen Donnelly is in hot water over an unregistered property. We get the latest with Jennifer Bray Political Correspondent with the Irish Times and Cian O’Callaghan Social Democrats Spokesperson on Housing and TD for Dublin Bay North.

With Cineworld in danger of bankruptcy, what is the current climate like for Irish cinemas? Anton spoke to Graham Spurling, Director of Movies@Cinema.

As autumn looms, Paul Kelly CEO of Failte Ireland joined us this morning to look back at the busy tourist season of 2022.

Will younger people be forced to pay an extra €2,500 a year to keep the pension age at 66? We react to the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council’s recommendations with Cormac Lucey, Economics Columnist at Sunday Times Ireland, and also Harry McCann, Freelance Journalist and DCU Masters Student.

The importance of Coral Reefs and Carbon offset schemes helping the fight against climate change are up for discussion in the green scene with Dr. Ruth Freeman Director of Science for Society at Science Foundation Ireland.

Mikhail Gorbachev, the former Soviet leader who brought the Cold War to a peaceful end, has died aged 91. We look at the legacy of Mikhail Gorbachev, with Neil Robinson, Professor of Politics at the University of Limerick specialist on Russia.

We speak to one Café owner as the rising cost of utilities soars to high levels. Geraldine donal, Owner of Poppyfields Athlone told Anton of her shock after receiving her 9,836 euro utility bill.

With unions considering the new offer on the public sector deal, we get the very latest on the likelihood of the deal being accepted with Pat Leahy, Political Editor of The Irish Times and also John Boyle INTO General Secretary.

Jess Kelly Newstalk Technology Correspondent brings us some suggestions for best laptop to get for collge.

We get the latest from the ever-growing student accommodation crisis with Professor Shane Kilcommins, Provost and Deputy President of University of Limerick, Mary Kate Lacey, second year student in University College Cork and also Aoife Gleeson, President of Mary Immaculate College Students Union.

We’ll hear how to deal with separation anxiety experienced by pets as their best friends go back to school.

Have Irish prisons have become a dumping ground for people with mental health issues. To discuss Anton spoke to Mick Clifford, Special Correspondent with The Irish Examiner and also Brendan Kelly Professor of Psychiatry at Trinity College, Consultant Psychiatrist at Tallaght University Hospital.

Will EU intervention solve the deepening energy crisis? We discuss with Jack Parrock, Brussels-based EU correspondent, Neil McDonnell, CEO at ISME, and also Matt Melvin, Principal of St Etchens National School in Westmeath.

Lyme disease is on the rise. What is it and what can be done to reduce the numbers? To discuss Anton spoke to Jack Lambert Professor of Infectious Diseases at the UCD School of Medicine.

We hear what needs to be done to clear hospital waiting lists with Professor Tim Lynch, Consultant neurologist at the Mater Hospital and Dublin Neurological Institute, and also Róisín Shorthall TD, Social Democrats Co-leader and Spokesperson for Health.

Kilkenny’s domestic tourism was the most impacted by the pandemic according to new research by Failte Ireland, we hear why with Pat Crotty, owner of Paris Texas Restaurant and also Andrew Mc Guinness, former Mayor of Kilkenny .

Itchy eyes and struggling to see? Our Monday expert Dr. Arthur Cummings from the Wellington Eye Clinic answered all your eye-related questions.