Marie Keating Foundation reacts to IHCA reports of increased cancer deaths over the next decade as a result of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic “It is in imperative that all that can be done is done to ensure that cancer patients do not suffer unnecessarily and that anyone who has concerns or is referred […]
New Marie Keating Foundation ‘Talks Cancer’ Podcast explores Ireland’s most dangerous form of skin cancer in its first series
New Marie Keating Foundation ‘Talks Cancer’ Podcast explores Ireland’s most dangerous form of skin cancer in its first series • The Marie Keating Foundation ‘Talks Cancer’ podcast in partnership with Novartis, launches with its first series of eight-episodes focussing on Melanoma Skin Cancer. • Created for patients and anyone with a loved one recently diagnosed; […]
Arlette Lyons Melanoma Story
At 42, Arlette was a self-professed sun-worshipper. “I always loved the sun” she explains. “ we were lucky enough to be able to go to Spain for holidays when I was a child and we would just be in the sun all day long.” Having always had quite sallow skin, Arlette never dreamed that one […]
JOB ALERT! – Corporate Partnerships & Major Gifts Manager Needed
Brief overview and purpose of the role: The Marie Keating Foundation is seeking an experienced and dynamic Manager – Corporate Partnerships & Major Gifts to join our team at an exciting time of growth for the charity. Reporting to the Director of Fundraising, this person will play a pivotal role in helping us to realise […]
JOB ALERT: Administration Executive Needed
The Marie Keating Foundation provides cancer information, awareness and support services free of charge to the general public throughout Ireland. As part of its ongoing development, the Foundation wishes to recruit a new Administrative Executive to assist us in our ongoing growth of the Foundation. Role Profile: Administration Executive Reporting to: Finance Manager […]
DOING THIS FOR LAURA – a message from the family of the Late Laura Brennan HPV Advocate campaigner.
The Marie Keating Foundation, alongside fellow members of the HPV Alliance, is proud to support the call of the family of HPV vaccine campaigner, the late Laura Brennan to reinstate the HPV Vaccination Programme in time for September and for a comprehensive catch up programme to cater for those who may have missed out on […]
Noeleen – Thriving after breast cancer
“Cancer takes away your control, but when you start recovery that’s when you start to take that control back. That’s what I found through the Marie Keating Foundation’s Survive and Thrive programme” “I remember sitting with my oncology nurse at my review in October and just telling her how unprepared I was to face […]
Ireland is eating more, drinking more, and smoking more as we cope with unseen impacts of COVID-19 on Cancer Risk
Impact of poor lifestyle choices highlighted by the Marie Keating Foundation, as new campaign ‘Your Health: Your Choice’ is launched to encourage better habits to reduce our risk of future cancers New research shows 1 in 3 people have gained weight since the emergence of COVID-19, with one quarter of adults saying they have gained […]
Bernie Walsh, RIP
The Marie Keating Foundation is deeply saddened to learn of the death of Bernie Walsh. The impact of some losses is difficult to put into words, and losing Bernie is one of those occasions. It is hard to articulate just how amazing she was and how very much she will be missed. Bernie was someone […]
A Message from Helen Forristal, Director of Nursing Services
The year 2020 with the Marie Keating Foundation has been one like no other I could ever have imagined and Friday March 6th is a day embedded deep in my mind, never to be forgotten. That day we were learning that “the virus” was in Ireland and we were to social distance and I asked […]