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The Pat Kenny Show

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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"Prison is a completely inappropriate place" for people with mental illnesses

The new Central Mental Hospital is set to increase the number of available beds. While this may help relieve the number of people with a mental illness in prison or on the streets, there are concerns the system in place does not effectively treat patients anyways. Jonathan Healy was joined by Fiona Ni Chinneide, Executive Director of the Irish Penal Reform Trust and Brendan Kelly, professor of psychiatry in Trinity College Dublin.