Advertisement

Dame Kelly Holmes on The Thursday Interview

She's a double Olympic gold medalist from the Athens 2004 Games. She is a Dame of the Realm. And ...

Share this article

19.00 12 Sep 2019


Dame Kelly Holmes on The Thursday Interview


Listen to this episode


Share this article

19.00 12 Sep 2019


She's a double Olympic gold medalist from the Athens 2004 Games.

She is a Dame of the Realm.

And she was Ivan's latest guest on the Thursday Interview.

From her birth, to her upbringing by her mother and stepfather (who she simply calls her father), to discovering her talent for running, to joining the military, on to her successes at the Olympic Games, she gets into it all on the Hard Shoulder.

Holmes also goes into her struggles with mental health, and why she wants her Dame Kelly Homes Trust to give people from disadvantaged backgrounds a chance.


Related Episodes

Chef Michael Slintak on prepar...

00:05:02

Chef Michael Slintak on preparing meals for the Artemis II crew

Newstalk Breakfast

00:05:02


Minister for Defence latest re...

00:08:32

Minister for Defence latest reponse to ongoing fuel protests

Newstalk Breakfast

00:08:32


James Geoghegan Farmer and PRO...

00:12:22

James Geoghegan Farmer and PRO of the Fuel Price Protest

Newstalk Breakfast

00:12:22


A call for changes from the HS...

00:03:30

A call for changes from the HSE on staffing and patient care

Newstalk Breakfast

00:03:30