 In May 1999, Terry Keane, gossip columnist and once wife of former Chief Justice of Ireland Ronan Keane, revealed on "The Late Late Show" that she and Haughey had conducted a 27-year extramarital affair.In a move that she subsequently said she deeply regretted, Keane confirmed that the man she had been referring to for years in her newspaper column as "sweetie" was indeed Haughey.The revelation on the television programme shocked at least some of the audience, including Haughey's son Seán who was watching the show.