Highlights From The Pat Kenny Show

It's been three weeks since jewels worth an estimated 88 million euro were stolen from the Louvre art gallery in Paris. With four suspects in custody, focus is now shifting to the museum. The Louvre has been heavily criticised for neglecting security following a report from the court of auditors.  We get the details from Elaine Cobbe, Paris based journalist.  

Michael Palin joined Pat in studio to chat about his brand-new book ‘Michael Palin in Venezuela’, from the diary he kept while filming the travel series of the same name. The book takes from the bustling capital of Caracas to the summit of Cordillera de Mérida, and gives us a look at the politics and people of Venezuela.

A busy weekend of sport ahead, with Ireland taking on Japan in the rugby, Manchester City facing off with Liverpool in the Premier league, Rory McIlroy heads to Abu Dhabi for the HSBC Championship, the F1 heads to Brazil, and Shamrock rovers aim for a double as they play Cork City. Colm Boohig from Off The Ball looks ahead to the weekend of sport.

COP30 in Brazil. Can it have any impact without major polluters present? We heard from our reporter Jessica Woodlock who is at COP30 in Brazil and also Oisín Coughlan, Policy Advisor for Environmental Pillar.

Over half a million people will receive renewal notice for their insurance but with premiums set to increase. How can consumers get their bang for their buck? Bringing us a wealth of advice was  Dermot Goode, Health Insurance Ireland.ie.

he market for electric vehicles in Ireland is continuing to grow with EV’s overtaking diesel sales. One new EV hitting the market is the BMW ix3. This latest model is expected to have less of a carbon footprint than the petrol-powered X3, so how sustainable is it?  

New Apple TV Thriller series Down Cemetery Road starring Emma Thompson and from the creators of Slow Horses features in this weeks 'Boxed' with John Fardy, Presenter of Screentime. 

Cork comedian Chris Kent will be performing his last few shows from his ‘offline’ tour this month.  From touring across the UK, Scotland, Wales and Ireland, with two small kids and 100 shows. Life has been very busy for Chris. Chris joined Pat in studio to talk about how he’s been getting on and what life has been like since he went back online. 

Ice hockey team, the Belfast Giants, received a huge boost last week with the news that former Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech will rejoin the franchise for this season’s Elite Ice Hockey League. The links between Ireland and ice hockey may not be immediately obvious – but the sport was actually adapted from a 18th-century form of hurling. Off The Ball’s Cameron Hill can tell us more:

Mary ‘May’ McGee, activist who won landmark court case against the State’s ban on contraception. She left the country a little better than how she found it'‘ Her nephew writes a tribute to the incredible woman who fought the state on contraception ban so she wouldn’t die by pregnancy. Her nephew is David Robert Grimes, Author and Disinformation expert.   

There has been progress in this effort with immunotherapy becoming more common in the treatment of cancer, but many patients don’t respond to the immune boosters being used. Now comes news that patients with lung cancer are surviving twice as long in those who have also been given the mRNA Covid19 vaccines. All to discuss with Professor Luke O Neill , Professor of Biochemistry at the school of Immunology, Trinity College.   

A new podcast chronicling the serial fraudster, Amy McAuley. ‘Unravelling Amy’ will tell, over two parts, the story of Amy and the trail of deceit that followed her as she scammed a mental health charity, among many other individuals and institutions. Joining Pat on the show was Crime Editor of the Irish Sun Stephen Breen, Producer of the podcast, hosted by Damien Lane of the Irish Sun. 

Fianna Fáil’s infighting continues this week, with Micheál Martin flying to Brazil for the COP30 summit. With revolt in the air and Martin across the pond, could the rebels seize the moment and remove the Taoiseach? Joining Pat to discuss the latest news on the ongoing Fianna Fáil drama is Craig Hughes, Political Editor for the Irish Daily Mail. 

The Department of Agriculture yesterday confirmed a second outbreak of bird flu at a commercial turkey flock in Meath, following confirmation of the disease among a Carlow flock. From next Monday, all poultry and captive birds will be under a compulsory housing order to minimise further risk of bird flu spreading. So will this have any impact on the supply of Christmas turkeys and what is the risk posed to the public? Pat asked Martin Heydon TD, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine.

With fresh talk of the latte levy coming in after years of delays we take a look at coffee cup waste, alternatives and we hear about towns who have already banned them completely. All to discuss with Jo Linehan Climate Journalist 

The Movember  “Dispose with Dignity” campaign is being launched this morning, calling for male sanitary bins nationwide. At the moment they are only in ladies toilets. The Irish Cancer Society and PHS - a sanitary bin company, have come together to have a conversation and to reduce stigma around the subject. Henry McKean met a delivery driver recovering from prostate cancer, he tells Henry about his experience of having a catheter bag and finding it difficult to bin it, out and about.

Over the past number of years we have covered the lack of green spaces and play areas for children in Dublin 8, highlighting the difficulties the local community has had in making any progress towards a playing field in a community that is constantly growing in population. This morning, we return to that story once more but, this time, we have some good news to bring you on it with funding provided for a pitch at St James’ School. Pat spoke to JJ O’Mahony, Chairperson, Sporting Liberties on this good community news.

Ireland’s new auto-enrolment pension system is coming in 2026, with most of the public’s focus on the January start date. However, Caroline Rowan, Head of Retirement Consulting at Aon Ireland, believes that it is actually now, the beginning of November, that is the critical window for the auto-enrolment rollout.

In the middle of the Scottish hills, far from the museums and polite drawing rooms of Edinburgh, there’s a garden unlike any other on earth. It’s called Little Sparta, and it was created by one man. Ian Hamilton Finlay who turned a bleak stretch of moorland into a living battlefield of art and ideas. Diarmuid Gavin tell us more about LIttle Sparta.

Former Hurling superstar DJ Carey received his sentence on Monday, after defrauding those who trusted him claiming he had cancer. Joining me now is journalist and author Eimear Ní Bhraonáin, whose brand-new book, ‘The Dodger, DJ Carey And The Great Betrayal’, is out now. The book follows DJ’s life, from his childhood obsession with hurling, to his GAA career, and his swindling of supporters who believed they were funding lifesaving treatment.