{"id":618525,"date":"2026-09-08T19:46:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T19:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/618525\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T19:46:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T19:46:10","slug":"yvonne-connolly-and-ronan-keating-celebrate-as-ali-graduates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/618525\/","title":{"rendered":"Yvonne Connolly and Ronan Keating celebrate as Ali graduates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yvonne Connolly and Ronan Keating are knee-deep in celebrations as their youngest child, Ali, hits two very important milestones. The pair, who split in 2010, both returned home to Ireland to mark their daughter&#8217;s graduation and her 21st birthday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ali graduated from Maynooth University on Tuesday, posing with her mum and older sister Missy at the ceremony. The trio beamed as Ali proudly showed off her degree, which is in Criminology and Psychology. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8216;The tassel was worth the hassle,&#8217; she joked in the caption of a post she shared to social media, also posing alongside her pal.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/SnapInsta-Ai_3981715706365755806_5894598878.jpg\" alt=\"Ali Keating celebrates her graduation. Pic: Ali Keating\/Instagram\" class=\"wp-image-2194699\"  \/>Ali Keating celebrates her graduation. Pic: Ali Keating\/Instagram<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ali looked stylish in a cream mini-dress at the event, while Yvonne opted for a striking red maxi dress. The former model is fresh off the plane, having arrived home for the string of celebrations after spending a month living in LA with her hubby, John Conroy. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">People flocked to the caption to congratulate Ali, with her brother Jack leading the way. &#8216;YES SIS,&#8217; the Love Island alum wrote. &#8216;So proud of you, Al,&#8217; Yvonne added. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/SnapInsta-Ai_3981099748110338963_49407268393.jpg\" alt=\"Ali Keating celebrates with her dad Ronan, brother Jack and niece Maya. Pic: Jack Keating\/Instagram\" class=\"wp-image-2194700\"  \/>Ali Keating celebrates with her dad Ronan, brother Jack and niece Maya. Pic: Jack Keating\/Instagram <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, Ronan treated his Ali and Jack to a celebratory dinner. The former Boyzone crooner treated his older children to an evening at The Ivy Asia on Dawson Street. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The dad-of-five, who has been living in Dubai with his wife Storm and their two younger children, posed with his clan in the Dublin restaurant. Jack&#8217;s adorable daughter Maya was also in attendance, smiling in her grandad&#8217;s arms. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Screenshot-2026-06-28-150216.jpg\" alt=\"Yvonne Connolly and Ali Keating at the Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby. Pic: Instagram\" class=\"wp-image-2162435\"  \/>Yvonne Connolly and Ali Keating at the Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby. Pic: Instagram<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ali may have just turned 21, but the she already <a href=\"https:\/\/evoke.ie\/2026\/09\/03\/entertainment\/celebrity\/yvonne-connolly-proud-ali-new-journey\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">has a career paved out.<\/a> Yvonne gushed over how proud she is, taking to social media to say: \u2018Graduating with a degree and starting a new journey carving out a career in media. I\u2019m so proud of you Al. Best of luck.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A video revealed that Ali has signed with a media agency, CSports Media, and is chasing her dreams of presenting.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2018An accomplished equestrian and emerging presenter, Ali has a natural confidence in front of the camera as well as a passion for fashion and lifestyle,\u2019 the video\u2019s caption read.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It continued: \u2018She\u2019s building an exciting profile in all these spheres, and we\u2019re really looking forward to working with her. Ali will be based between England and Ireland &#8211; Do get in touch to find out more.\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Yvonne Connolly and Ronan Keating are knee-deep in celebrations as their youngest child, Ali, hits two very important&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":618526,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[321,93,61,60],"class_list":["post-618525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618525","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=618525"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618525\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/618526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=618525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=618525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=618525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}