Who is Ronan Keating’s wife Storm?
AUSTRALIAN born Storm Keating is the wife of Boyzone's Ronan Keating.
Storm has made a name for herself in television, fashion and fashion designing outside of her relationship with the Irish hunk.
The stunning pair now have two children together and have battled health scares and scandals throughout their marriage.
Born October 27, 1981, Storm, now aged 40, grew up in Childers, a town in the Wide Bay-Burnett region of Australia.
Her birth name is actually Sharyn Uechtritz - with Storm as a middle name. The name takes inspiration from a novel by Wilbur Smith.
As a child, Storm spent some years in a small village in Papua New Guinea, before the family moved to a cattle property in Australia in 1988.
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After finishing school, Storm graduated from the University of Queensland. She then completed a year at the University of California on a scholarship programme.
She married her university sweetheart Tim Ivers in 2009, but the pair split three years later.
What TV shows did Storm work on?
Storm had a substantial career in television before meeting Ronan Keating.
The graduate landed an internship at HBO, while helped her secure a job in television production at Channel Nine, Sydney.
In 2009, she worked on The Apprentice Australia, before getting into the production of the Aussie versions of The Voice, MasterChef and The X Factor.
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In 2012 she met Ronan Keating while working on the Australian version of The X Factor.
Later that year she moved to London, where she was appointed the producer-director of The Voice UK.
When did Storm marry Ronan Keating?
Ronan and Storm met shortly after she split from her university beau in 2012 while both were working on The X Factor Australia.
After falling in love, the couple married in 2015. The outdoor wedding ceremony took place at an overlooking the Scottish coastline in East Lothian in August with music star Ed Sheeran singing for their first dance.
A year later, the pair announced they were expecting their first baby.
How many children do the couple have?
Before Ronan and Storm wed, Ronan already had three beloved children from his first marriage with Yvonne Connolly.
The former couple's children include their eldest son Jack, who was born on March 15, 1999. Jack starred in Love Island's Casa Amor in 2022.
Ronan and Yvonne's second child Missy was born on February 18, 2001, and Ali, arrived on September 7, 2005.
Ronan and Storm welcomed Cooper on April 26, 2017 and Coco Knox in March 2020, shortly after the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Irishman broke the news on Instagram, writing: "Hello world Spreading some good cheer at this time with the announcement of the safe delivery of our little girl Coco Knox Keating."
The family man regularly posts social media updates and Instagram snaps of his children.
What health condition does Storm have?
Storm was diagnosed with the condition cauda equina syndrome after being rushed to hospital for spinal surgery in March 2021.
She initially needed medical help for a “very bad prolapsed disc”, but it ended up being much more serious.
Cauda equina syndrome is a rare and severe type of spinal stenosis where all the nerves in the lower back become severely compressed.
Describing her ordeal, alongside a picture of her in hospital, the mum-of-two explained: “It’s been a long and trialling week, the most frightening week of my life.”
She wrote: “On Saturday I was rushed in with what we already knew was a very bad prolapsed disc, which had more recently escalated to the point where it needed surgical intervention.
“Whilst stabilising in hospital however, this then escalated to cauda equina compression/ syndrome which required emergency spinal surgery to avoid permanent damage.”
Why is Storm Keating famous in the fashion industry?
Alongside her TV career, Storm has stepped into the fashion design industry.
In 2011, she worked in collaboration with iconic Italian shoe designer Stivaleria Cavallin.
Her Storm boots were debuted at the Burberry show during London Fashion Week in 2015.
In 2016, Storm set up her own blog, which she describes as 'a collection of thoughts, passions, appreciations and adventures'.
She said: "I’ve been dreaming up and hand-crafting my own designs since I was a little girl. From clothing and homewares to gift cards and decorations… I’ve always been the type to think ‘I can make that myself’ and I so I would."
What happened with Storm and Ronan's cleaner?
In February 2022, the couple's cleaner Jasmina Dimitrieva told The Sun claimed she had been chasing a £500 payment for an end of tenancy clean at the couple's mansion since December.
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But Storm posted an open letter to Instagram and said the state the home was left in was "disgraceful" and made her feel "mortified".
The fashion designer, 40, accused the company of hiking up the price after searching the property on Google Maps and said the work carried out wasn't even "the most basic level of clean".
