She has also presented Eurovision Song Contest 1995, a Saturday night chat show called Kennedy, and was co-presenter with Marty Whelan on the magazine programme Open House.
[2] Kennedy began working as Michael Ryan's co-presenter on the RTÉ local affairs show Nationwide.
[1] In April 2008, she commented on RTÉ television coverage of the state funeral of former President of Ireland Patrick Hillery.
[3] In May 2011, she fronted RTÉ television coverage of Queen Elizabeth II's visit to Ireland.
[5] Her niece, Clare, was the girlfriend of Garda Ciaran Jones, swept to his death in the River Liffey after he tried to help motorists during torrential rain in October 2011.