The Marie Keating Foundation has welcomed a commitment from Health Minister, Simon Harris, that the Government will fund a new independent patient advocacy and support group, to assist those affected by the recent CervicalCheck controversy. Stephan Teap, whose wife Irene died of cervical cancer last year after two misread smear tests and Vicky Phelan, whose […]
The Marie Keating Foundation is urging parents to take extreme care in the current heatwave when it comes to protecting their children from the sun’s harmful rays. It follows news that Temple Street Children’s University Hospital has seen a spike in the number of children presenting with sunburn since the beginning of the heatwave. Six […]
The Marie Keating Foundation recently ran a competition with our friends at La Roche Posay, giving away a goodie bag full of sunscreen. Congratulations to the winners; Jemma Whelan, John Rigney, Deirdre O’Shea, Emer Wynne and Aneta Nowak-sajdyk. Non-melanoma skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in Ireland. There are over 7,000 skin […]
The Marie Keating Foundation is urging the public to be ‘SunSmart’ this weekend (June 22nd-24th 2018) and into next week. This comes as Met Eireann says temperatures will rise considerably from Friday, with very warm or even hot conditions developing next week. The weekend will see temperatures rise, with highs of between 19° – 24°celcius […]
‘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 […]
