Lucy Kennedy: ‘I’m being me, a tired mum of three’

Is Lucy Kennedy Ireland’s soundest and most down to earth celebrity? Gemma Fullam thinks so. They chat Podge and Rodge, TV presenting, early mornings, and life as a best-selling children’s author

Lucy Kennedy at The Gibson Hotel. Pictures: Nina Val

“Suppository?” Lucy Kennedy says, cracking me up for the umpteenth time in under an hour. We’ve somehow segued into talking about iron supplements (I have absorption issues) and her somewhat unorthodox suggestion has me in stitches. 

Her desire to help, though, is genuine and the moment is classic Kennedy: a mix of warmth, humour, and that impossible-to-fake authenticity that’s become her hallmark.