Kennedy was born in Dublin and attended University College Dublin (UCD) before joining The Irish Times, where she became the parliamentary sketch writer.
In October 2009 it was reported by Maev Kennedy that two divers had found a number of gold and silver items in the River Wear in Durham City which were subsequently discovered to have come from Ramsey's personal collection, including items presented to him from dignitaries around the world while he was Archbishop of Canterbury.
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