September 2005 News

Ronan Keating to join 'Congratulations'

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Written by: Sietse Bakker (Last edited by Gordon Roxburgh) 

Desctoday.com - September 30th 2005

The Irish singer and musician Ronan Keating has just agreed to come to Copenhagen to participate in Congratulations in Forum on 22 October.

Ronan Keating has previously been involved in the Eurovision Song Contest. Not as a competitor, but as a host in 1997, when the Eurovision Song Contest took place in Dublin. It was the same year, that Katrina and the Waves won with Love shine a light.

Ronan Keating began his career as a lead singer in the boyband Boyzone. Later he was the one to assemble Westlife. In recent years Ronan Keating has focussed on his solo career with hits such as Life is a rollercoaster, If tomorrow never comes and When you say nothing at all.

Last year Ronan Keating released a compilation of his greatest hits entitled 10 Years of Hits, and most likely it will be songs from this album that he will be performing in Copenhagen.

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Ronan treats Yvonne to shopping and pampering weekend

Irish Independent - September 25th 2005

Ronan Keating, who was recently presented with another heir by his beautiful wife Yvonne is becoming a househusband.

Yvonne is being sent off to New York next week with her gal pals for a pampering/shopping weekend.

"Yvonne looks and feels great. I thought it would be a cool trip for her after the pregnancy," Ronan told me. "All us lads with babies will be locking ourselves in the house next week and hoping for the best."

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More photos of Ronan at the All Star Cup

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Ronan with Robbie Williams during the All Star Cup

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Showbiz Ireland - September 12th 2005

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As Ronan Keating strolled up to the doors of Mount Carmel Hospital on Saturday the pop singer had an extra spring-in-his-step for he knew he was about to take his wife and new baby daughter home...

Congratulations to the Keatings after Yvonne gave birth to a bouncing 3lb 8oz baby girl they immediately named Ali last week.

After both mother and daughter were given the all-clear Ronan made plans to take them home on Saturday morning - and when he did he was beaming with smiles as he presented his new bundle-of-joy to the waiting photographers.

Reports have also leaked out in the media that big-hearted Ronan splashed out on flowers for ALL the women that had babies at Mount Carmel Hospital at the same time - apparently he even gave them a impromptu verse of Life is a Rollercoaster to remember the occasion!

It was also nice to see a celebrity couple such as Yvonne and Ronan so eager to share their new baby joy with the media, and thus all his fans, without going down the usual route of an exclusive magazine deal - which has become so cliché lately.

Lets hope this beautiful couple don't just stop at three kids so we can see many more days like these in the coming years...


Ronan and friends (and mascot!) at the SAP Arena in Germany

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All smiles as Ronan and wife Yvonne take Little Ali home

Irish Independent - September 11th 2005

LARISSA NOLAN

POP star Ronan Keating and his wife Yvonne were all smiles yesterday as they left hospital with their new baby daughter.

Yvonne gave birth to little Ali last Wednesday in Dublin's Mount Carmel hospital after a five-hour labour. The baby weighed in at 8lb 3oz.

The couple headed home to Straffan, Co Kildare, with their new arrival wrapped in a pink baby blanket.

Model Yvonne, 31, looked the picture of health as she accompanied Ronan out the hospital gates, adding a splash of glamour with a black poncho top and a designer handbag.

Her husband was a little more casual in a white shirt and jeans, proudly holding his new arrival.

Ronan said: "It was the easiest labour she has had so far, Yvonne looks great. You'd never think she had just had a baby."

He said Ali looks very like their two other children, Jack, 6, and Marie, 4.

"She's just like them," he said. "She has fair skin, blue eyes and brown hair."

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Ronan & Yvonne Keating leave Mount Carmel Hospital with their new baby girl "Ali" (8lb 3oz) today, September 10th 2005.  Photo courtesy of VIP Ireland more photos can be seen at Getty Images


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The Meath Chronicle - September 8th 2005

First the statue, and now it seems the album could be on the way. With Phil Lynott’s new statue barely wet in the cement, there’s already talks this week of a possible new Thin Lizzy tribute album.

According to friends of the band, all the talk about the new statue got some of the biggest names around interested in recording a new collection of songs to mark one of the greatest Irish musicians of all time.

A spokesperson for U2 said that the band are very interested in the project. The Thrills have already signed-up to the new album, and even Van Morrison allegedly grunted with enthusiasm. A record company spokesperson for Van said that once he was allowed to pick his favourite Thin Lizzy track, he’d be happy to work on the album.

Tim Wheeler from Ash was also one of the very first to agree to a new album. He said: “I know we’re still at the talking stage, but I grew up listening to Philo. Listening to tracks like Kings Call and Boys Are Back in Town made me want to get into music.

“I’d love to work on the new tribute album because I know that the people behind the project are in simply for the music. It’s not a case of the usual publicity sort of thing.”

So you think the line-up’s looking good so far? Well, hang on, because not only are U2, Van Morrison and Ash ready to sing, but Ronan Keating has said he’d love to work on it too. Now even though we like Ronan, we never thought of Ronan ever singing a Thin Lizzy song.

The album is due to be put together before Christmas, and expected to be released early next year.

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Thanks from Ronan

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Ronan would like to thank everyone for the messages of congratulations that have been sent on the birth of his new baby daughter, Ali. After a nervous week of waiting, both Ronan and Yvonne are over the moon at the arrival of a little sister for Jack and Marie.



Baby girl for Ronan and Yvonne

UTV - September 7th 2005

Singer Ronan Keating is celebrating the birth of his third child, it was announced today.

The star`s wife Yvonne gave birth to a girl at 5pm this afternoon.

They have named her Ali and she weighed in at 8lb 3oz.   A spokeswoman said: "Ronan and Yvonne are thrilled and little Ali is doing fine."

Ali is a sister for Jack, six, and Marie, four.  Keating was at his wife`s bedside in a Dublin hospital when she gave birth.

The former Boyzone star was playing in the All Star Cup celebrity golf tournament in Wales 10 days ago when he heard Yvonne had gone into labour, but it turned out to be a false alarm.

And the 28-year-old singer may be planning more children.  He said recently: "We said we would stop at two but that moved to three. So who can say if we will stop at three!"

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Congratulations to Ronan and Yvonne, a new baby sister for Jack and Marie!


Ronan brings clothes in a House of Fraser bag to Mount Carmel Hospital where Yvonne was admitted to give birth to their third child, Dublin, Ireland, September 6th 2005



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Papa Ronan's got a brand new bag

The Irish Mirror - September 7th 2005

RONAN Keating delivers a bag of clothes to his wife in hospital yesterday after rushing her in with suspected labour pains.

The doting dad dropped his heavily pregnant wife off at Mount Carmel Hospital in south Dublin at 2pm yesterday.

Two and a half hours later he was back after making a quick trip to a nearby shopping centre for some last minute essentials.

The singer was carrying bulging Marks and Spencer bags and could barely keep the smile from his face as he walked into the hospital.

Ronan will be relieved to be close to Yvonne as he spent the end of August taking part in a charity golf tournament in England.

Two weeks ago, he made a frantic dash home by private jet to be at her bedside after it was feared she had gone into early labour.

The couple have two other children, six-year-old Jack and four-year-old Marie, who is named after Ronan's mother who died in 1998.

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Ronan at the SAP Arena, Mannheim, Germany on September 3rd 2005 - Thanks to Janina!

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