Ciara Kelly

6 days ago | independent.ie | Ciara Kelly

Dear reader, your trusted correspondent is writing this week with the aid of a coffee stirrer in the mouth, to pick out the letters on her laptop. This is because I cannot use my arms (or indeed my legs for that matter). It is laborious and painstaking this ‘hunt and peck’ school of typing but my work ethic is such that nothing as small as agonised limbs will stop me getting this missive to you.

1 week ago | independent.ie | Ciara Kelly

There’s been much talk of misinformation and disinformation and the perils therein recently. By the way, both are false information but misinformation is inadvertent and disinformation is deliberate for anyone asking! The Government says it is deeply concerned about them as an issue – in the wake of the Carlow shooting, all sorts of dangerous, wild falsehoods were shared online in a blatant attempt to stir up racial tension, so there’s some justification for that concern.

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

We’re in the eye of the storm in school exam terms, and for many this stress fest will be over in a few days. But for me, here’s the real issue: end of school exams are bad enough, but nothing compares to the dread of the holiday which usually follows. I’m a veteran at this stage, having survived Magaluf 2018 and Ios 2021. I should get a medal, or at the very least a wet T-shirt.

2 weeks ago | independent.ie | Ciara Kelly

We’re in the eye of the storm in Leaving Cert terms. The hideous build up ended last Wednesday with English paper 1, and by Friday we’d hit a kind of rhythm that’s actually preferable to the pre-exam limbo. In fact, for many this stress fest will be over in a few days. Which brings me to the real issue: the Leaving Cert is bad enough, but nothing compares to the dread of the Leaving Cert holiday. I’m a veteran at this stage, having survived Magaluf 2018 and Ios 2021.

3 weeks 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.