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  • Ask The Expert: On Auto-enrolment pension savings scheme
    2025/09/15

    Auto-enrolment is a new pension savings scheme for certain employees who are not paying into a pension. They will be automatically included in the scheme but can opt out after 6 months. The introduction of the auto-enrolment retirement savings scheme, called my future fund, will start from 1 January 2026.

    To explain all the details and to answer listeners queries was Keith Dundon, Head of financial services at SYS Financial.

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    13 分
  • How important is a part time job?
    2025/09/15

    Is the part time job dying? How important is a part time job? Are young people looking for them or are they relying on the bank of mum and dad? Do they offer financial independence and build confidence or are they a distraction from study? Henry McKean sent us this report.

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    10 分
  • What is the Tik Tok shop?
    2025/09/15

    The social media platform where people share videos from tales to trends. But the latest addition to the app, Tik Tok shop Ireland, has allowed Irish businesses to boom. But how exactly does it work and what does it do for Irish businesses?

    All to chat with Katey McElroy from TikTok Shop Ireland and Denise Buckley, Founder of Sugar Plum Sweetery.

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    8 分
  • Why do girls underperform at Leaving Cert higher level math compared to boys
    2025/09/15

    Since the introduction of project math in 2012, the proportion of females getting a H1 has declined significantly, with roughly two-thirds of H1’s going to males and just one-third to females. New research from the Tuition Centre and the Society Of Actuaries in Ireland found out why girls are underperforming at leaving cert higher level math compared to boys.

    Joining Pat to discuss these findings further Eoghan O'Leary, Head of Math's at the Tuition Centre.

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    9 分
  • The impact of the Irish presidency on the international stage
    2025/09/15

    As the campaign for the presidential election begins to heat up, the focus on the office often tends towards the domestic role of An Uachtarain. However, ever since Sean T. O’Kelly became the first Irish president to undertake a state visit abroad, the office has frequently made an impact on the world stage. Reporter Simon Tierney has been investigating and he joined Pat this morning

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    12 分
  • Leo Varadkar on his book 'Speaking My Mind'
    2025/09/15

    Leo Varadkar, Former Taoiseach joined Pat this morning to chat about his book 'Speaking My Mind'.

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    23 分
  • Interviewing Pope Leo
    2025/09/15

    Pope Leo criticised corporate pay packages that offer executives much higher salaries than their employees in excerpts from his first media interview released on Sunday, citing Tesla's recent $1 trillion compensation plan for CEO Elon Musk.

    The Pope was speaking to Elise Ann Allen, Senior Correspondent in Italy for the Crux, for her new book 'Leo The Sixteeth, Citizen Of The World, Missionary Of The Twenty first century'.

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    11 分
  • We get all the latest on the presidential race!
    2025/09/15

    We take a look into the presidential race as the battle continues this morning for independents as they look for support to become the latest presidential candidate.

    Today has been described as “super primary” day with eleven councils due to hold special meetings so they can consider nominating another candidate. But the latest news surrounding the presidency is Conor McGregor’s withdrawal from the contest. All to discuss with Harry McGee, Political Correspondent with The Irish Times.

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    8 分