Kelly previously worked for East Coast FM and then for the state broadcaster's pop music station RTÉ 2fm.
Before obtaining a position in RTÉ, Kelly volunteered for a place at Dublin South Community Radio and received in return a weekly half-hour arts programme to present.
When Kelly's father, Michael, died in his sleep on 8 April 2011, she learned of the death from Today FM chief executive Willie O'Reilly while on air.
The Ray D'Arcy Show was abruptly taken off the air, prompting thousands of texts and calls from worried listeners.
[5] Living in Dublin,[6] the pair have two children: daughter Kate was born 25 November 2006, shortly after 20:00, at Mount Carmel Hospital and weighing just above seven pounds.