Lucy Kennedy is an Irish television, radio presenter and children's book author.
23 Facts About Lucy Kennedy
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Lucy Kennedy has presented the dating show The Ex-Files, the celebrity show Livin' with Lucy, her own chat show The Lucy Kennedy Show and the reality boxing show Charity Lords of the Ring.
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Lucy Kennedy is doing full-time radio work, The Colm and Lucy breakfast Show on Ireland's Classic Hits Radio.
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Lucy Kennedy grew up in Sandycove, Dublin, the middle child of three girls.
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Lucy Kennedy's father is John Kennedy who would later feature alongside his daughter as her pianist on The Lucy Kennedy Show.
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Lucy Kennedy later worked as a production assistant on An Tuath Nua and production co-ordinator on A Scare at Bedtime and briefly worked in sales for SPIN 1038.
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Lucy Kennedy began presenting two series of The Ex-Files in 2004 and was approached to co-host The Podge and Rodge Show in February 2006.
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Lucy Kennedy described the duo as "like the older brothers I never had" but left the show after three series.
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In 2007, Lucy Kennedy made numerous television appearances on other shows such as No Frontiers and People in Need Telethon, as well as winning the TV Now Award for Female Personality of the Year.
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Lucy Kennedy encountered controversy whilst staying with Samantha Mumba when Mumba launched a verbal attack on Irish radio presenter Dave Fanning using expletives.
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Lucy Kennedy presented The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show when regular host Ian Dempsey was absent on 18 July 2008.
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Lucy Kennedy was subject to speculation that she would take over the role of host of travel series No Frontiers from Kathryn Thomas but this did not come to pass.
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Lucy Kennedy's chat show, The Lucy Kennedy Show, an inhouse RTE production, began on 6 January 2009.
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Lucy Kennedy co-presented Charity Lords of the Ring alongside Barry McGuigan in August 2009.
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Lucy Kennedy began filming the third series of Livin' with Lucy in July 2010.
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In September 2013, Lucy Kennedy began co-hosting Late Lunch Live alongside weatherman Martin King.
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Lucy Kennedy hosted two series of Ireland's Got Talent until its cancellation in 2019.
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Lucy Kennedy had a "recent stint" in RTE 2fm with Bazil Ashmawy.
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On 18 April 2018 Lucy Kennedy co-hosted the first edition of a new breakfast show on Radio Nova 100FM with Colm Hayes, called The Colm and Lucy Kennedy Breakfast Show.
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Lucy Kennedy has authored The Friendship Fairies series of books debuting in 2020.
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Lucy Kennedy has published five books in the series, each illustrated by Phillip Cullen.
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Lucy Kennedy is married to Richard Governey; the couple have three children, two daughters and a son.
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Lucy Kennedy won Favourite Female TV Presenter at the 2009 TV Now Awards.