And Pat is off on a major rant at 9.05 on a Monday morning. He is interviewing Thomas Byrne Minister of State for European Affairs.
I get his frustration but he is very unprofessional in his style of debate. He calls Trump "that guy" and just can't hide his contempt. "What do you do with a guy who doesn't get the basics?" He said Trump changed the date on tariffs in a "fit of pique" (spitting those words out!). I think it really rattles Pat Kenny's higher intellect, it's almost like a personal affront.
I don't like Thomas Byrne, he grew up locally and always came across as arrogant, but he is excellent this morning, his responses are measured and respectful and he has certainly grown into his role. He calls Trump "President Trump" every time. In a diplomatic world regardless of personal feelings you still need to deal with world leaders with respect. Pat doesn't get this.
He's compared Trump with the Nazis on a few occasions. Despite this being a complete minefield comparing anything to Nazis, Pat seems grand to mention it.
For someone that doesn't like Trump, I imagine Pat spends his evenings watching and listening everything on Trump.
All Pat's bluster about Trump means that our main private radio station presenter isn't holding our own government to account.
I doubt if Trump has slightest idea who Pat Kenny is but he has been living rent free in Pats head for a long time now.
Seán Canney comes across as a good politician, so far.
delicate ears better not tune in, as they are discussing trump
Is there no other country the rich southside people can go during the summer?
Pat plays a Trump audio clip and refers to Trump as "crackers, and getting worse"
Why is that doom grifter Luke oniell always on this show
Some posters on here are as obsessed with Pat's reactions to Trump as Pat is with Trump! He's a powerful man, in a world power country, it's a big story that affects us all whether we like it or not - could it maybe be accepted that Pat has a particular view and we could all just listen or not without repeating every utterance from him?
compare and contrast Pats tone of voice , word choices , emphasis when discussing Netanyahu and Putin in the last segment , compared to what’s coming up about RFK. . Pat talks about Republicans the way people vetch about their ex wives, and it makes him sound like a emo teenager not a journalist
He thinks he invented the word 'equalise' (or 'equalize' in the US)
If that was a family member the cars keys would have been taken away long time ago. This is a common occurrence with trump. They can pick and choose the news press who they want covering his speeches etc, but you can only hide so much. What Pat said seems entirely correct.
Ah yes what would Pat do without these Trump audio clips or clips from Fox News he takes off YouTube.
Some broadcaster he is.
Hardly a mention of the CHI scandal.
Did Irish listeners really need to know about this and hear a clip on it and hear Pat's mesmerising analysis about it (he's crackers - Alan Partridge stuff).
The government and institutions of power here can rest easy with the Pat Kenny programme - a worrying indictment of our media.
He is top of the Irish news papers and news websites daily for the latest moronic thing thing he has done or said. Pat has a 3 hour program to fill 5 days a week. There are some very 'odd' people who continue to listen to him, just to run on here to complain. I don't listen or watch what shows that upset me
You can't seem to find anything to disagree with - just that posters should shut up discussing Pat Kenny in a Pat Kenny thread.
Time to turn off when he comes on
The last time Trump was in the Whitehouse, my father took to watching CNN in the evening. I renamed CNN to WDDN - What's Donald Done Now?
"depends if they poo, if you like"
Pat glad he's off today, talking about turning carrots and butternut into fecking musicical instruments, feels like a wind up segment but its june.
Perfectly suited to Anton's level.
Anton a breath of fresh air compared to the amateur hour stuff from Pat Kenny lately.
It's more Moncrieff level of "mad stuff altogether" type of slot.
I've been listening back to some of the podcasts from this week, because I didn't have the chance to tune in. The one about office attire, or the lack of, really got Pat going. I wonder what the dress code in Newstalk's office is? If you show up for work in jeans and a hoodie, you now know Pat's silently judging you
I can't imagine anyone would be surprised that a man in his 70s judges people who wear casual clothes to the office.
Ah, so Pat has something in common with Trump …… 😁
It's gas when there's rental slots you get these "sound" landlords .. oh I never put the rent up on my current tenant, but if they leave, I won't be able to gazump the rent on the new tenant. Boo hoo woe is me with my spare houses! Try it sometime.
crypto fan struggling to explain crypto
"In a cabinet of dunces, he is the greatest dunce of them all"
Pat Kenny, June 12 2025.
Edit: it was of course American politics Pat was talking about. He doesn't have the balls to say anything like that about the dunces we have or have had in Cabinet in this country.
you have never heard him being hard on an Irish politician, either in an interview or not ?
BTW he is entirely correct about trump
He wasn't even talking about Trump.
Yes I've heard him give hard interviews to Irish politicians before.
But I've never heard him be as critical or passionate about Irish issues as he is about American politics.
We've have plenty of "dunces" in cabinet but our media seem afraid to deep dive into their affairs cos they don't want to sh1t on their own doorstep.
Go really hard and call out the lads who made a shambles of housing, health, crime and immigration? Really call them out. Name and shame them and their failed policies and projects. Oh no don't do that. In case we get cancelled, can't get Leo in for a soft interview when he retires, have Shane Ross in to plug his latest book.
