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Ciara Kelly
Born
Ciara Angela Kelly[1]

(1971-04-26) 26 April 1971 (age 53)
Ireland
NationalityIrish
Other namesDr Ciara Kelly
EducationCommerce and Medicine
Alma materUniversity College Dublin
Occupation(s)Broadcaster
Medical Doctor
Height5.6 ft (171 cm)
SpouseEoin [2]
ChildrenFour [3][4]

Ciara Kelly is an Irish former medical doctor and radio presenter. She presents Lunchtime Live on Newstalk.[5] She also has a weekly column with the Sunday Independent.

Career

Kelly qualified from University College Dublin as a medical doctor in 1997, having previously completed a Bachelor of Commerce. She went into practice and also did media work, including breakfast television on TV3 and presenting Doctors on Call on RTÉ.[6]

She was the Medical Expert on Operation Transformation, a television series on RTÉ,[4] which won an IFTA in 2014,[7] and also on George Hook's lunchtime radio show on Newstalk.[8]

In October 2017, she withdrew from active medical practice to concentrate on her media career.[9] The same month she claimed that an "Irish Harvey Weinstein" was operating within the Irish media.[10][11][12]

Kelly is a soi-disant "intellectual".[13] She is the instigator of the public health initiative "100 Days of Walking".[14]

She lives in Greystones, County Wicklow.[15]

On 18 March 2020, Kelly announced that she had tested positive for COVID-19 the previous day.[16] She discussed her diagnosis on Liveline, and Miriam O'Callaghan interviewed her for Prime Time through Skype from her home.[17][18] Though no longer practising in medicine, Kelly said she had taken precautions and had not been abroad.[19] She had continued to present the Monday and Tuesday editions of her programme, Lunchtime Live, from the hot press (a type of Irish cupboard or closet) in her home, and Mick Heaney of The Irish Times described her Wednesday programme as "a compelling show, remarkably so considering it was hosted by an ill woman sitting in an airing cupboard".[20]

References

  1. ^ "Doctor Ciara Angela Kelly Wicklow". irelandstats.com. Retrieved 2017-11-04.
  2. ^ "My Greystones: Ciara Kelly". Greystones Guide. Retrieved 2017-11-04.
  3. ^ Siobhan O'Connor. "Dr Ciara Kelly reveals the lengths and expenses Irish people go to to get the 'perfect' body with cosmetic surgery". Irish Mirror Online. Retrieved 2017-11-02.
  4. ^ a b "Dr Ciara Kelly: 'I was three stone heavier than I am now wearing elasticated-waist trousers but I said enough was enough'". Independent.ie. Retrieved 2017-11-02.
  5. ^ "Ciara Kelly to take over George Hook's Newstalk lunchtime slot". irishtimes.com. Retrieved 2017-11-02.
  6. ^ "DOCTORS ON CALL". RTÉ Presspack. Retrieved 2017-11-02.
  7. ^ "IFTA 11th Annual Irish Film & TV Awards 2014". tipperaryphotos.com. Retrieved 2017-11-02.
  8. ^ "Ciara Kelly's prescription for a new show: rational discussion and bracing fury". irishtimes.com. Retrieved 2017-11-02.
  9. ^ "Dr Ciara Kelly: 'This next chapter in my life may be great or it may be a total disaster'". Independent.ie. Retrieved 2017-11-02.
  10. ^ https://extra.ie/2017/10/28/news/irish-news/ciara-kelly-reveals-irish-harvey-weinstein-raped-woman
  11. ^ https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/celebs/dr-ciara-kelly-irish-weinstein-13825538
  12. ^ https://vipmagazine.ie/dr-ciara-kelly-brands-media-figure-the-irish-weinstein-as-she-urges-people-to-come-forward/
  13. ^ "Dr Ciara Kelly: 'We need Love Island's Maura, an unexpected feminist icon'". Independent.ie. Retrieved 2019-06-29.
  14. ^ https://www.corkindependent.com/news/topics/articles/2019/02/14/4169391-loop-the-loop-at-the-lough/
  15. ^ Dwyer, Roisin (26 July 2019). "Ciara Kelly: From GP to Newstalk presenter, and her love for Dublin". Hot Press. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  16. ^ https://www.newstalk.com/news/ciara-kelly-covid-19-984673
  17. ^ https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2020/0318/1123963-dr-ciara-kelly-opens-up-about-covid-19-diagnosis/
  18. ^ https://www.rte.ie/news/primetime/2020/0319/1124134-watch-dr-ciara-kelly-has-the-virus/
  19. ^ "Dr Ciara Kelly got Covid-19 'in the community'". RTÉ. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  20. ^ Heaney, Mick (21 March 2020). "I have 'something personal' to share, Ciara Kelly told listeners". The Irish Times. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
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