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About Sheila O'Kelly
I have extensive writing and editing experience on national newspapers and specialist periodicals including:
  • sub-editor on the Irish Times Finance pages;
  • senior sub-editor on the Sunday Business Post;
  • freelance writer and sub-editor; and
  • assistant editor, the Garda Review.

I have also:

  • trained with the UK Plain English Campaign and received their Plain English Diploma.


  • I am one of the leading experts in plain English in Ireland;

  • I edit documents up to plain English standards for a wide variety of public and private sector clients;

  • I give one-day in-house training courses on 'How to write in plain English';

  • I am Editor of Diabetes Ireland, the journal of the Diabetes Federation of Ireland; and

  • I am Editor of Cancer Professional, a specialist journal for professionals working in oncology.


Special skills
I’ve many years of experience in interviewing health
and business experts; and gathering people’s life stories.

I do extensive research before interviewing someone,
ask intelligent questions and I don’t make assumptions.

I‘m an expert at sequence and structure and that
makes each feature readable and informative.


Expert in:
  • Recording and downloading sound files (for meetings);
  • QuarkXpress;
  • PhotoShop;
  • Hermes;
  • 3B2;
  • Microsoft Office;
  • ImageCafe;
  • Audacity;
  • Apple Macs; and
  • PCs.




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Sheila O'Kelly is a member of BNI Castle
Sheila O'Kelly is a member of the National Union of Journalists NUJ

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