{"id":387734,"date":"2026-04-08T07:54:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T07:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/387734\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T07:54:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T07:54:12","slug":"ronan-keating-opens-up-about-death-of-older-brother-during-meet-up-with-nephew-in-cork","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/387734\/","title":{"rendered":"Ronan Keating opens up about death of older brother during meet-up with nephew in Cork"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The former Boyzone member and singer-songwriter was visibly upset in a preview clip from the documentary, which sees Keating take audiences on a journey to a place that he loves: the Wild Atlantic Coast of Ireland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Joined by his nephew Ruair\u00ed Keating in West Cork, the pair shared a coffee at the Beara Necessities caf\u00e9 in Eyeries, where Keating opened up about his greatest regret following  <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishexaminer.com\/news\/arid-41687031.html\">the death of his brother, Ciar\u00e1n<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Ciar\u00e1n tragically died in a road accident in 2023 while travelling to watch his son play football, leaving his wife Annemarie with serious injuries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The clip from the documentary, which has been widely shared on social media, shows Keating becoming upset when talking with his nephew about his brother\u2019s passing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cI never get to say it, but I was the baby. He was my eldest brother. And he was my hero,\u201d Keating said, holding back tears.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ronan Keating broke down in tears on his new BBC show Wild Atlantic as he opened up about the death of his older brother Ciaran.<\/p>\n<p>Ciaran, 57, was killed in a car crash in Co Mayo in July 2023 while driving with his wife to watch their son play football.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to his nephew\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HZxGJ6v5D9\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/HZxGJ6v5D9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 G R I F T Y (@GriftReport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GriftReport\/status\/2041237001861828691?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;I always looked up to him, you know. And I joined the band, and I had to kind of grow up very quickly, and I missed stuff between us, and because of that, I lost a lot.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cIt\u2019s very hard,\u201d he continued before he and his nephew embraced each other.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cI&#8217;m sorry, I don\u2019t want to get upset,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n             <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishexaminer.com\/sport\/soccer\/arid-41448442.html\">Ruair\u00ed Keating, a striker for Cork City FC who returned to the club in 2024<\/a>, was seen agreeing with his uncle in the clip, briefly saying: \u201cIt&#8217;s really hard.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Keating also showed audiences his competitive spirit while in West Cork, trying the unique sport of road bowling for the first time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Late last year, the BBC announced that Keating would present  Ronan Keating&#8217;s Wild Atlantic, giving audiences an insight into his childhood and family life while visiting Cork, Kerry, Mayo, Sligo, Donegal, and Derry.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The former Boyzone member and singer-songwriter was visibly upset in a preview clip from the documentary, which sees&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":387735,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[93,61,60,19930],"class_list":{"0":"post-387734","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-this-much-i-know-column-shape-i"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=387734"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387734\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/387735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=387734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=387734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=387734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}