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Pat's Sunday Papers Review August 9th
09/08/2026 | 14 mins.
Joining Pat to run through the main stories in the Sunday papers is Brenda Powers, columnist with the Irish Daily Mail.
Gadi Eisenkot, The Next Israeli Prime Minister?
09/08/2026 | 11 mins.
Israel is set to have it’s first elections since October 7th.
After almost three years of intractable war, who is Netanyahu’s main challenger? Can Netanyahu be unseated?
Joining Pat for a profile on Gadi Eisenkot is Christina Lamb, Chief Foreign Correspondent for the Times.
Sports Washing
09/08/2026 | 18 mins.
This week, after months of assumptions that LIV golf was on its last legs, its chief executive said that they have secured funding to keep it alive.
Since its inception, Saudi investments in LIV have totalled more than 5 billion and it has faced accusations of 'sports washing'.
But why do sports fans seem to pick and choose when we care about sports washing? Many of us this summer would criticise FIFA president Gianni Infantino while also watching the world cup.
Are we being hypocritical by being so anti-LIV? Is our sport tunnel vision so bad that we only care about these things once they're in the tunnel with us?
Joining Pat to discuss is sports correspondent with the Irish Times Gavin Cooney
Kinahan Comes Home
09/08/2026 | 12 mins.
In a historic development, alleged Dublin crime boss, Daniel Kinahan, has been extradited from Dubai and is expected to arrive back in Ireland this afternoon.
Pat speaks to Newstalk reporter Molly O'Connor who is at the Casement Aerodrome in Baldonnell where Kinahan is expected to land.
Pat also talks to Newstalk's court correspondent Frank Greaney about what happens next.
Steiner V Ebay
09/08/2026 | 12 mins.
Ebay, and three former high-level employees at the firm, are to pay Ina and David Steiner 57 million dollars after the company was found to have waged a campaign of terror against the couple.
After Ina wrote a series of articles critical of eBay, the company harassed the couple sending them threatening and embarrassing items including live insects and books on how to survive the death of a spouse, leaving them fearing for their lives.
Chris Murphy, a partner of Scalli Murphy law in Massachusetts, helped the couple achieve justice and joins Pat to tell us their story and what this ruling means for the future.

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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.CONVERSATION THAT COUNTS | Ireland’s national independent talk station for news, sport, analysis and entertainmentListen to Newstalk at http://newstalk.com/listenlive | Download the GoLoud app now, the new home for Newstalk

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