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Dr Ciara Kelly
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Dr Ciara Kelly is a Doctor, Radio & TV Broadcaster, and Columnits. She currently presents ‘Newstalk Breakfast’ with Shane Coleman from 7am – 9am weekdays on Newstalk. She qualified as a doctor in 1997 from UCD and was a medal winner in her graduation class and achieved First Class Honours in General Practice. She was formerly a partner in Carrig Clinic, Family Practice, in Greystones. She previously taught General Practice to medical students and Post Graduate Doctors for UCD and Trinity College Dublin. Previously, she was the Former Assistant Director of GP Training in UCD.
Ciara was the Medical Expert on RTÉ's Operation Transformation for five seasons. The series followed the weight loss journey of five people who attempted to reshape their lives. In 2014, Ciara and the team won an IFTA for the popular show which had a viewership in excess of 600,000. She was also a presenter on RTE's Doctors on Call which featured a specialised team of doctors, medical professionals and reporters who brought the ultimate guide to health and wellness. In 2017, Ciara presented a three-part documentary series on RTÉ called Body Shopping. The show explored the highs and lows of cosmetic surgery and delved into the reasons why people want to undergo such procedures.
Previously she was the Resident GP on Virgin Media’s The Morning Show for three years. She is also a regular contributor to other TV shows including Ireland AM on Virgin Media One and Today with Claire Byrne on RTÉ One. She also joined Brendan O’Connor on the Saturday Night Show and on Cutting Edge. In 2018, Ciara also put her kitchen skills to the test on Virgin Media One’s The Restaurant. Ciara has presented a number of episodes of ‘The Sunday Show’ on Virgin Media.
Ciara also presented her show Alive and Kicking on Saturday mornings from 9 - 10am on Newstalk and also Lunchtime Live from 12 noon to 2pm. She spent a year and a half as a resident weekly panellist on its anarchic current affairs show The Friday Right Hook and went on from there to have her own weekly slot on Monday evenings, The Right Hook Health Check, has been described in The Irish Times Radio Review by Mick Heaney as 'so good it deserves cult status.'
Ciara wrote a popular weekly column in LIFE Magazine and she previously wrote a weekly column in The Sunday Independent. She first started to write for the Sunday Independent in 2008 and her debut article won a Medical Journalism Award. Not solely focused on medical topics and issues, Ciara also contributes to the paper on a wider variety of topics including Finance, Politics, Social Justice, Pop Culture and more.
Ciara is a regular keynote speaker for health conferences, public speaking engagements and corporate events. She is outspoken on many health issues in the media to highlight patient issues and rights advocate.
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