Ciara Kelly

Dublin

Columnist at Irish Independent

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Ciara Kelly: The hip surgery audit will have severely damaged the faith families had in their doctors. It’s not an issue to score political points with

1 week ago | independent.ie | Ciara Kelly

There’s much to unpick in the report on the hip surgery audit at Temple Street and Cappagh hospitals. But what we do know is that a different and lower threshold for surgery was used in these hospitals, on children with hip issues compared to that applied in Crumlin Hospital. So, children with lesser problems, that might’ve resolved without surgery, were operated on.
Ciara Kelly: The sunny days have been glorious, but it’s hard to handle the level of good weather guilt that goes with them

2 weeks ago | independent.ie | Ciara Kelly

What an incredible run of weather we’ve had! Glorious sunshine to raise our spirits and get us out and doing magnificent outdoorsy things. Did you take up padel? Go kayaking, hiking, sea swimming? Sure I’m half ice bath, half barrel sauna at this stage… Except, well, actually I’m not. Yes, two weekends ago I did sit in the garden so long I developed the outline of my clothes on my skin.
Ciara Kelly: By insisting on choice in the skort debacle when players clearly prefer shorts, camogie gatekeepers show they are hanging on to the past

2 weeks ago | independent.ie | Ciara Kelly

An emergency congress of the Camogie Association takes place this week to deal with the skort mess, but it shouldn’t have come to this — players sent off to change, the Munster final postponed for fear the players would wear shorts! The horror! And yes I know they voted against getting rid of the skort last year, which was democratic and the reason it remains in place, but key here is who voted.
Ciara Kelly: By insisting on choice in the skort debacle when players clearly prefer shorts, the camogie gatekeepers shows they are hanging on to the past with their fingernails

3 weeks ago | independent.ie | Ciara Kelly

An emergency congress of the Camogie Association takes place this week to deal with the skort mess, but it shouldn’t have come to this — players sent off to change, the Munster final postponed for fear the players would wear shorts! The horror! And yes I know they voted against getting rid of the skort last year, which was democratic and the reason it remains in place, but key here is who voted.
Ciara Kelly: It’s refreshing to hear Gwyneth Paltrow talk openly about her waning libido - but ageing women can overcome this

3 weeks ago | belfasttelegraph.co.uk | Ciara Kelly

You’ve got to kind of hand it to Gwyneth Paltrow, she’s not afraid to go there. She may look like butter wouldn’t melt but she’s long been very upfront about her sex life. From selling scented candles called This Smells Like My Vagina on her lifestyle sales platform Goop to talking about her favourite sex toys and the benefits of orgasms — if there was any doubt on that.
Ciara Kelly: It’s refreshing to hear Gwyneth Paltrow talk openly about her waning libido - but ageing women can overcome this

3 weeks ago | independent.ie | Ciara Kelly

You’ve got to kind of hand it to Gwyneth Paltrow, she’s not afraid to go there. She may look like butter wouldn’t melt but she’s long been very upfront about her sex life. From selling scented candles called This Smells Like My Vagina on her lifestyle sales platform Goop to talking about her favourite sex toys and the benefits of orgasms — if there was any doubt on that.
Ciara Kelly: If insulting someone based on sex, race or sexuality is wrong, then why is the widespread bashing of straight white men still accepted?

1 month ago | independent.ie | Ciara Kelly

Ah the straight, white male: the last group you can insult with impunity, based purely on race and gender. You could even throw in a ‘cis’ there and really wave your right-on credentials. Quite recently in The Irish Times there was an article with the headline ‘Sorry if my heart doesn’t bleed for straight white men at work’. The article was reacting to comments made by an Ibec representative about men feeling that they can’t take paternity leave without damaging their careers.
Ciara Kelly: How are children supposed to face down societal fat shaming when famous men like Robbie Williams decide to reach for weight loss meds?

1 month ago | independent.ie | Ciara Kelly

Ciara Kelly: How are children supposed to face down societal fat shaming when famous men like Robbie Williams decide to reach for weight loss meds? Singer Robbie Williams has said he developed scurvy — 'A 1700s pirate disease' as he described it — from taking an Ozempic-type medication when trying to lose weight.
Ciara Kelly: I love my children so much, but it’s a global conspiracy that motherhood in the early years is enjoyable

1 month ago | independent.ie | Ciara Kelly

American singer Chappell Roan got kicked around on the internet recently for saying that all her pals with children “are in hell” and she “actually doesn’t know anyone who is happy and has kids at this age”. She’s 27. And to be honest, I kind of agree with her. Firstly, and slightly tangentially, I’m sick of people thinking they have some kind of weird veto on other people’s opinions. Roan is entitled to think this if she pleases.
Ciara Kelly: Children are out of their depth with smartphones in exactly the same way they’d be out of their depth with booze

1 month ago | independent.ie | Ciara Kelly

Smartphone bans on kids are failing to equip children for healthy use of technology, according to a recent study published in the British Medical Journal, but are being applied “despite a lack of evidence on their effects”. This only goes to show that experts and evidence are still entirely capable of missing the big picture when it comes to how they assess things.

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