The Pat Kenny Show

No US election has ever made any difference to my life.

The anti refugee protests the last 2 years here had nothing to do with Trump.

The only change to our corporation tax rate came during the current administration.

The War on Terror never affected Ireland thankfully, no terror related attacks here.

The undocumented Irish living in America isn't an issue that concerns me. They should have got their status regularised like everybody else.

You've accepted the narrative that the US Election matters to us. The Irish media and Britain's media for that matter which is even worse than ours for US politics coverage, have to tell the audience it matters.

The problem is that the interest has turned into a distraction.

US elections get talked about for about 18 months here.

Just had a listen back to Pat's interview with Finnaun Sheahan about recent events in SF.

Pat disgracefully rounded of the segment by comparing IRA kangaroo courts with RTE's appearance at the public accounts sittings.

Unbelievable from a very experienced broadcaster.

Was surprised that didn’t get more of a reaction, P. Thought it was pretty funny, myself. He did say that in relation to ‘the way some people were treated’.

Sheahan wasn’t impressed and clarified a few differences.

Oh boo hoo. Poor old Drumpf must be bawling over it.

He does **** all research.

I am sorry but that is absolute utter sh1te. He researches every topic that comes on. When the topic is a book, he reads the book. It is clear from all of his segments.

He’s a radio show host, not an activist. Very unfair to say that he doesn’t challenge “the establishment”.

He consistently gives politicians, from all parties, a “going over”. He’s been, especially, critical of the children’s hospital shambles.

you seem very upset and obsessed that Pat Kenny earns big money! Of course he does! But much less than he earned at RTE though….he is freelance not on a permanent contract and he is worth the money, particularly to Newstalk as he is the best in the business . Where is the link to say he earns 500K please?

As many others said here, PK is very well researched and if you bothered to listen to any of his daily shows instead of showing begrudgery and bitterness because he is well off, you would see that. Before any interviews with authors he reads the books himself. He doesn't get an assistant or researcher to do it!

He has a degree in chemical engineering and worked in that area in the UK before becoming a broadcaster. Last week he was interviewing Maria O Dwyer, Infrastructure Delivery Director with Irish Water about taking water from the Shannon to service Dublin and he knew everything there was to know about the engineering side of things…… a hundred times more than the likes of Claire Byrne would have known.

Don't let your bitterness at his big salary and his house in Dalkey blind you. He is an independant broadcaster and regularly takes on CEO's and politicians….. far more so than RTE! He has questioned our stance on immigration a lot lately too, and our lack of a plan, likewise the Children's hospital and OPW overspending.

I'm not sure he would be any great loss if he did retire now.