Pat Kenny has opened up about his family life with wife Kathy and their daughters Kristina and Nicole during lockdown.

The broadcaster lives with his family in Dalkey, Dublin, so it was always the plan for them to be together during lockdown.

Pat said that being a "unit" with his family meant that he didn't feel particularly isolated during lockdown, and that although the months have not been "without their moments" they have coped well during the difficult time.

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The veteran presenter has been hosting his radio show on Newstalk from the comfort of his home, and added that is in no rush to return to the office

"I didn't feel that sense of isolation that some experienced. We're all here," Pat told the Sunday Independent.

"Kristina is working in there [gestures to room]. She works for a tech company, Zendesk, so they are working full steam ahead.

"Nicole has just finished a diploma in digital marketing, and she did a masters last year and she's about to start working in August. So she's doing some work for me, doing briefs, which saves me doing stuff, and then Kathy is the quartermaster general."

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At the age of 74, Pat Kenny was required to cocoon as part of Ireland's lockdown measures.

He understood why the government asked this of elderly people, and said that he felt lucky he was able to isolate in Dalkey.

"I understand why they did it. The immune system, from the age of 50, is weakening so in theory you become more vulnerable in age," he continued to the publication.

"This is not the worst place in the world to cocoon. I've a decent garden, and during lockdown, I used to walk up and down the lane trying to get the 5k in.

"Then, when they allowed a little more distance, it was fine, I would walk further, but with a mask - always with a mask."