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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'.

Latest episodes

Organizing a group holiday more work than fun!

6 hours ago - 20 mins

The Pat Kenny Show Highlights

Large number of people would struggle if hit by a major bill!

6 hours ago - 11 mins

The Pat Kenny Show Highlights

When Ireland played Nazi Germany in football 1930's

a day ago - 9 mins

The Pat Kenny Show Highlights

Boxed With John Fardy features 'American Manhunt-Osama Bin Laden'.

a day ago - 7 mins

The Pat Kenny Show Highlights

How can the housing crisis be solved?

a day ago - 15 mins

The Pat Kenny Show Highlights

Marriage Equality referendum 10 years on

a day ago - 12 mins

The Pat Kenny Show Highlights

Spending a year off line on Mars Dune Alpha

An experiment lasting 378 days has recently concluded. The overarching goal of the experiment, called CHAPEA (Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog) Mission 1, is to better understand the impacts of isolation on a crew's performance and health in space. It was carried out in anticipation of a round-trip to Mars which could easily take more than two years, factoring in the transit time of six-to-nine months and the time NASA hopes to spend on the planet.  Luke O’Neill, Professor of Biochemistry at the school of Immunology, Trinity College explained how the experiment went and the findings.