Sinead Kennedy on the gender divide, 'fake single' parenting and dealing with trolls

She cut her teeth on children's television, and now she's a daytime TV star on RTÉ's Today. But there's serious side to Sinead Kennedy

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For an industry as fickle as TV, there aren’t many who can say a bad word about Sinéad. She’s effervescent, upbeat and ever-smiling (this becomes clear as she speaks to me over the phone, refusing to cancel despite having tested positive for COVID-19 a mere day before our interview was scheduled) drumming to the beat of unrelenting optimism, a practice which would allow anyone to assume she ascended into her roles (of which there are numerous) without as much as effort. 

Not quite.  Kennedy works hard.