Haughey’s son saw Keane reveal affair on TV ‘by chance’

THE son of controversial former taoiseach Charlie Haughey “just happened to be watching the Late Late by chance” when revelations about his father’s shock affair with gossip columnist Terry Keane were revealed.

Fianna Fáil TD for Dublin North Central, Seán Haughey, made the admission in an indepth interview with a Sunday newspaper yesterday.

The candidate in the imminent general election said despite being close to his father he was completely unaware of the 27-year affair until Ms Keane appeared on the show in 1999.