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Holocaust scholar on why Israeli actions must be described as genocide.
07/06/2026 | 19 mins.
Pat was joined by one of the world’s prominent scholars of the holocaust. Born and raised in a kibutz, Omer Bartov also served as an officer in the Israeli army.
His new book, Israel: What Went Wrong, focuses on the tragedy besetting Israel and Palestine. it pulls no punches as it sets out how Israeli actions can only be described as genocide.
Pat's Sunday Paper Review June 7th
07/06/2026 | 6 mins.
Join Pat to run through the main stories from the Sunday papers !
Was Maths Paper One a stinker ?
07/06/2026 | 7 mins.
With leaving cert students in the middle of their exams. Math's Paper one on Friday was, from all accounts a very difficult exam. Students and their teachers reported that the wording around the questions was confusing and time-consuming to comprehend. So was Math's Paper one a stinker, and should students be worrying following the exam ?
Pat was joined by Eoghan O’Leary, Head of Maths at the tuition centre and teacher at Kinsale Community School to dicuss
Controversy continues over Russian Links to Aughinish alumina refinery.
07/06/2026 | 10 mins.
Since its construction in 1978, Aughinish has been the largest alumina refinery in Europe and one of the largest employers in the Limerick area.
In recent weeks, reporting from The Irish Times and the organised crime and corruption reporting project has shown that alumina refined in Aughinish is being sent to Russia.
From there, their investigation shows aluminum once refined in Aughinish has allegedly ended up in arms for the Russia's war in Ukraine.
Conor Gallagher is the crime and security correspondent at The Irish Times and has helped reveal the findings of this investigation. He joined Pat this morning to discuss
What our Google searches reveal about us
07/06/2026 | 11 mins.
Are you one of those people who look forward to the annual release of the top ten things we searched Google for?
Simon Rogers is Google’s data editor, and his new book what we ask google offers an insight into how good or bad humanity could be doing based on what it searches for, and he joined Pat to explain.

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