Ronan Keane (b. July 20, 1932) was Chief Justice of Ireland from 2000 to 2004. [1]
Keane was educated at Blackrock College, Dublin, and graduated from University College Dublin (UCD) in 1953 with a BA in Modern History. He was called to the Bar in 1954[1] and became a Senior Counsel in 1970.[1] He was appointed as a Judge of the High Court in July, 1979.[1] He was head of the Tribunal of Inquiry into the Stardust fire in 1981,[1] and chairman of the Law Reform Commission from 1987 to 1992.[1] He has published many legal texts and papers, and participated in Council of Europe programs developing legal systems in Post-Communist Europe.[1] He was elevated to the Supreme Court in 1996,[1] becoming Chief Justice in 2000. He received an Honorary Doctorate from UCD in 2001,[2] and has been an Adjunct Professor at Trinity College Dublin since his retirement.
In 1962 Keane married Therese O'Donnell, who, as Terry Keane, became a fashion journalist and later a social diarist.[3] They had three children together, and later became close to the daughter Terry had previously given up for adoption.[3] The couple separated in the 1980s but remained amicable.[3] Their son Tim died suddenly in 2004.[4] In 1999 Terry revealed on The Late Late Show her affair beginning in 1972 with sometime Taoiseach Charles Haughey.[3]
Keane is the Independent Chairman of the Appeals board of the Turf Club of Ireland.[5]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Fellows and Scholars 2007: Ronan Keane (Hon. Mr Justice)". Trinity College Dublin (2007). Retrieved on 2008-08-03.
- ^ "UCD News", UCD (Autumn/Winter 2001), pp. p.12. Retrieved on 2008-08-03.
- ^ a b c d "Diarist who later regretted her TV revelation of affair", The Irish Times (2008-06-07). Retrieved on 2008-08-03.
- ^ Mallon, Charles; Jim Cusack (2004-07-11). "Son of Chief Justice and Terry Keane found dead in flat", Sunday Independent. Retrieved on 2008-08-03.
- ^ Rules of racing and Irish National Hunt Steeplechase Rules, Amendments & alternations up to and including 27th March, 2008, Curragh, County Kildare: Irish Turf Club and Irish National Hunt Steeplechase Committee, p.5. Retrieved on 2008-08-03.
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