Former journalist to perform new music in Cork
A former RTÉ producer and a former Newstalk current-affairs presenter, Keane will perform his music at Triskel Christchurch in Cork on Friday. He has also just written a novel, which looks into the soul of Ireland through the thriller genre. He also wrote the score for a TG4 series on the Famine and is writing the music for a film directed by Rita Marie Lawlor. He also does charity work with Suicide Aware.
Keane says that he is being true to himself. He was never “a news nerd” and fell into broadcasting by accident, thanks to an RTÉ producer, Aidan Stanley, who offered him work at the Cork studio. Now, Keane has gone back to his first love, music, and also has a career as a counsellor. He recalls a lesson his late playwright uncle, John B Keane, taught him.
