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Mollie Quirk

Who is Storm Keating? Agonising health condition and how she met Boyzone star Ronan

With Storm Keating hitting the headlines for calling out a cleaner after being accused of "refusing to pay", you might be wondering who she is and how she met the Boyzone hunk, Ronan Keating.

In case you missed it, Storm Keating has hit back at a former cleaner's claims that she and husband Ronan refused to pay a £500 bill.

The mum-of-two, 40, called out Jasmina Dimitrieva on Instagram when she shared a series of photos of her £5million house after it had been cleaned.

Storm said that cleaner Jasmina had left her family home in a "disgraceful state" and said she had been left with "no choice but to share the truth on the matter."

The pictures shared showed a stained toilet bowl, another toilet left unflushed and stuffed with paper while dirty fingerprints and scribbles were visible on a wall.

How did Storm meet Ronan?

Storm and Ronan are married and share two children together (Getty Images for EON Productions)

The 40-year-old blonde bombshell was born in Australia and has since moved across the globe.

A big name in the world of TV and fashion, Storm has worked on the likes of The Voice and The X Factor, before turning her sights to fashion design.

The stunning star was born in the Wide Bay-Burnett region of Australia, and her full name is Sharyn Storm Uechtritz.

She spent part of her childhood in a small village in Papua New Guinea, before her family re-settled in 1988 in their home country, Australia.

Storm attended the University of Queensland before receiving a scholarship to study at the University of California.

Falling in love with a beau from uni in Australia, Storm ended up getting married to Tim Ivers in 2009, before breaking up three years later.

TV career

Storm has worked on some of the biggest, most popular TV shows (Lia Toby/WENN.com)
She apparently met Ronan while filming for The X Factor Australia (SplashNews.com)

The blonde beauty soon got into the world of media and after interning at HBO, she landed a job in television production at Channel Nine, Sydney.

She has worked on the Australian versions of TV shows like The Apprentice, The Voice, MasterChef and The X Factor.

In 2012 shortly after splitting with her university beau, she met Ronan Keating while working on the Australian version of The X Factor.

She then moved to London, and was appointed the of producer-director of The Voice UK.

Fashion industry stint

Storm decided to dip her toe into the world of fashion (Getty Images)

While working in TV, Storm set her sights on working in the world of fashion, and in 2011 she did just that.

Collaborating with a famous shoe designer, Storm teamed up with Stivaleria Cavallin to design her own boots.

Named the 'Storm Boots' – they were debuted at the Burberry show during London Fashion Week in 2015.

A year later, still completely in love with fashion and lifestyle, Storm decided to start up her own online space.

She took to the internet and started a blog, described as "a collection of thoughts, passions, appreciations and adventures."

Setting up family with Ronan

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Storm and Ronan got married and a year on in December 2016 the happy couple announced they were expecting their first child together.

The pair announced that their son had been born on April 27, 2017, when they took to Instagram to announce the joyous news.

Overjoyed at the arrival of his son, Cooper, Ronan took to Instagram, penning a caption which read: "Incredibly excited to announce the arrival.

She and Ronan share two children together (stormykeating/Instagram)

"We’re all bursting with love for the newest little member of our family!

"Feeling very blessed to be daddy to this little man and the luckiest man in the world to be husband to such a strong, loving and warm-hearted woman and add to my beautiful family."

Three years on in 2020, the couple welcomed Coco – their first daughter – in March.

Ronan took to Instagram once again to share the sweet news, writing: "Hello world Spreading some good cheer at this time with the announcement of the safe delivery of our little girl Coco Knox Keating."

Terrifying health ordeal

She was once rushed to hospital for emergency spinal surgery (stormykeating/Instagram)

Rushed into hospital to have emergency surgery, Storm has battled with her health and was diagnosed with cauda equina syndrome in March 2020.

She described the experience as "the most frightening week" of her life.

Speaking on Loose Women months after the terrifying ordeal, Storm explained how she was numb from the waist down.

"It was all gone. My legs, my bowel, my bladder, the lot," she detailed while appearing on the popular ITV show.

Because of the condition, she had to have surgery to fix the prolapsed disc caused by cauda equina.

For those who don't know cauda equina syndrome is a serious condition where the nerves at the very bottom of the spinal cord become compressed.

Luckily she is okay now, and is able to walk and live her life as normal.

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