Meet the Irish folk who refuse to give up work at 65

Having moved from Montrose to Marconi House, Pat Kenny is sure to be settling in nicely to his new studio at Newstalk.

The former RTÉ star got a standing ovation from his new colleagues after his debut on 106-108FM, earlier this month.

Critics were impressed by the 65-year-old’s first crack at commercial radio, which included chats with Bono and Brian O’Driscoll. With Pat trending on Twitter, many of the broadcaster’s 328,000 listeners are joining him. Of this late career challenge, dad-of-three Pat said: “I like change and the opportunity to do something completely different was very attractive. In two years’ time, if I hadn’t done it, I’d be saying, ‘Oh, my God, why didn’t you have a go?’ so I’m having a go.”