‘The SunSmart garden created by the Marie Keating Foundation is designed to encourage people to protect themselves in the sun to avoid skin cancer Dublin, May 31st 2018. The Marie Keating Foundation today unveiled their yellow themed ‘SunSmart’ Garden at Bord Bia’s Bloom. Sponsored by MSD, this garden aims to make the public- young & […]
The Marie Keating Foundation wishes to express its sincerest sympathies to the families of the 17 women identified in the review of Cervical Check, who are now deceased and who were not notified of the errors associated with their cervical screening. Following confirmation that 209 women with cervical cancer were not advised of the errors […]
On 21st April 2018, the Marie Keating Foundation hosted a unique event for carriers of hereditary cancers, family & friends of women at high risk of breast and ovarian cancer. Supported by AstraZeneca, this unique event, saw over 130 in attendance at the Clayton Hotel Leopardstown last Saturday. Hereditary cancer syndromes are genetic disorders which are […]
Bowel Cancer accounts for over 11% of all cancer deaths in Ireland each year. However it is widely accepted by the experts to be a very treatable disease, if detected early. The evidence is that there is about a 90 per cent chance of living more than five years following diagnosis, if bowel […]
Getting on board is simple: just pick a date to go pink and get everyone in your organisation or school to all wear pink and donate €2 to the Marie Keating Foundation – and that is exactly what Blue Insurance did. Blue Insurance, an award winning home and car insurance provider decided to host […]
Just under 300 guests attended the 2018 Rotary Club of Dublin Central Valentine Ball supporting the Marie Keating Foundation, last Saturday night 17th February at the Ballsbridge Hotel Dublin. This Annual Valentines Ball always draws a great crowd and this year was no different with a host of celebrities from the world of Entertainment and […]
The Marie Keating Foundation is delighted to be chosen as The Perfume Shop’s official charity partner for 2018. This is the first time that The Perfume Shop has chosen an Irish charity to support and they are delighted to be working with MKF. The partnership will see colleagues offered the chance to fundraise for MKF […]
As Christmas approaches, we would like to send you our heartfelt thanks for kindly supporting the Marie Keating Foundation throughout 2017 whether you came to an event, made a donation, supported a campaign or visited one of our mobile units. We would like to share with you a few highlights of what the Marie Keating […]
Uptake of the cervical cancer vaccine has increased from 50 to 61 per cent this year following a large drop in the number of young girls availing of it. In the 2014/15 school year 87 per cent of girls aged 12 to 13 received the vaccine but this fell sharply to 50 per cent last […]
Being diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer (also known as advanced breast cancer) can be an emotional time that can lead a person to have many fears, questions and moments of anger and confusion. At a time when a person needs the most support, some people with metastatic cancer can find that it is very hard […]
