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The Pat Kenny Show Highlights

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 news features and reports from a variety of reporters based across the country. Experts are on hand to guide listeners on everything from consumer and employment rights and health issues to savvy holiday options. And Pat is joined by all the best personalities from the entertainment world. Listen and subscribe to The Pat Kenny Show on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify.      Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.    You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.

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The Pat Kenny Show Highlights

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The science around menopause and “manopause”

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Dodgy-box users to face consequences 

16 hours ago - 9 mins

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Donald Trump holding back on attack plans for Iran

16 hours ago - 14 mins

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As the conflict escalates we speak to Israel's ambassador to Ireland

17 hours ago - 28 mins

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"Our immigration system is broken, it is not sustainable"

The Government are to resume passport checks at the steps of aircraft at Dublin Airport in an attempt to address the significant numbers of asylum seekers who have lost or destroyed their travel documents while flying into Ireland. Officers from the Garda National Immigration Bureau are to carry out aircraft “doorstep operations” after it was revealed on The Pat Kenny Show last week that 40 % or more than 5,000 people who applied for international protection last year either lost or destroyed their travel documents before arriving at Irish immigration control. These figures were revealed here on the show last week through a Freedom of Information request. While the Department of Justice is also to step up checks on people arriving from countries that are deemed safe.But what countries are deemed safe and why might some people be seeking asylum from there? Our Chief Reporter Barry Whyte has been finding out.