Pat Kenny has extended his Newstalk contract into 2026 and will move his Pat Kenny Show from weekday mid-mornings to a weekend slot in the spring, while continuing his current 9am–12pm weekday programme for now. He will join the board of Bauer Media Audio Ireland and has other ventures planned with Newstalk and Bauer. Claire Byrne will host Newstalk's 9am morning show; her 10am–12pm weekday radio slot on RTÉ Radio 1 will be taken over later this year by David McCullagh. Kenny's Newstalk programme remains the most popular commercial radio show, drawing 216,000 listeners.
" I've just extended my Newstalk contract into 2026 so this show will continue unchanged into the new year but in the spring of next year, I'm moving the Pat Kenny Show to the weekends, Saturday and Sunday, where I hope to make a big impact for the station. "So, the reason for saying this is I just want to thank all of you for helping to make this show the biggest show on commercial radio. But for now, the shows goes on"
"Byrne took over the Today programme from Sean O'Rourke in 2020. She previously hosted Claire Byrne Live on RTÉ One for over seven years. Her 10am-12pm Monday to Friday radio slot will be taken over by David McCullagh later this year. The move marks a major change for the country's most popular commercial radio programme at Newstalk, which Kenny has presented since he himself made the move from RTÉ to Newstalk in 2013."
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