Ronan Keating’s ex: Everything you need to know about Love Island’s Jack Keating’s mum Yvonne Connolly

Jack Keating was recently unveiled as one of the six single boys heading into Love Island's Casa Amor in the hope of finding love.

The 23 year old is currently residing in Love Island's second villa with the girls from the main villa, as they look to test their connection with their current partners on the show.

Jack was recently seen enjoying a chat by the pool with Gemma Owen, 19, as the pair bonded over their famous fathers – former professional footballer Michael Owen and Boyzone star Ronan Keating

Ronan, 45, shares Jack along with daughters Missy, 21, and Ali, 16, with his ex-wife Yvonne Connolly, who he was married to from 1998 until 2015.

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Mum-of-three Yvonne, 48, is a former commercial model, who starred in campaigns for brands such as Coca Cola, Superquinn, Bank of Ireland and the National Lottery, before going on to venture into television.

She previously competed in the Irish version of Celebrity MasterChef and made it to the fifth week of the competition.

Following her appearance on the show, she appeared as a guest on TV programmes such as This Morning and The Six O'Clock Show where she showed off her culinary skills. Yvonne also appeared as a mentor on The Family Project back in 2014.

Yvonne is also a keen equestrian and regularly shares videos and snaps of her horses on Instagram.


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She previously suffered horrific injuries after an accident with a horse left her face completely shattered and her arm broken in two places back in 2019.

The former model ended up in intensive care after a horse kicked her with both hind legs, with one hoof hitting her between the eyes and the other breaking her arm.

Speaking to the Irish Independent, the mum-of-two said: “I broke my cheekbone, my socketbone, my nose and many bones in my face so I now have plates in my arm and three or four plates in face and as well being left with a lot of scars, my face was quite deformed for a while and it’s never going to be back to what it was.

“It was not a pretty sight for a long time and we all just learnt to deal with it with a bit of humour. It was so bad, you just had to joke about it.”


Yvonne split from ex-husband Ronan in 2010, with the pair's divorce eventually being finalised in 2015, shortly before the singer's wedding to Australian model Storm Uechtritz, 40.

Ronan and Yvonne continue to amicably co-parent their three children, and the Boyzone star previously opened up about he tries to "remain calm" and "just get through it".

The 48 year old told the Irish Sun: “It wouldn’t be easy all the time — but you try for the children always to just remain calm and get through it.

“You’ve got to always remain in an adult state of mind so that you can deal with it. There’s times when I get very angry, very frustrated and you really have to bottle that, you’ve got to protect the children always."

Ronan shares son Cooper, five, and two year old daughter with new wife Storm, while Yvonne has been in a relationship with cinematographer Jon Conroy, 53, since 2012.

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