[2] Keane was educated at Blackrock College, Dublin, and later graduated from University College Dublin (UCD) in 1953, with a BA in Modern History.
[2] He was head of the Tribunal of Inquiry into the Stardust fire in 1981,[2] and chairman of the Law Reform Commission from 1987 to 1992.
Chief Justice Keane received an Honorary Doctorate from UCD in 2001,[3] and has been an adjunct professor at Trinity College Dublin since his retirement.
[4] Ronan and Terry's daughter Justine Keane is married to Diarmuid Gavin, the Irish garden designer and television personality.
Keane was for some years the Independent Chairman of the Appeals Board of the Turf Club of Ireland.