Following their mother Marie’s death in 1998 Ronan Keating and each member of the Keating family promised that they would do everything they could to bring an end to breast cancer.  They committed to provide all women and their families with the necessary information to prevent cancer or detect it at its earliest stages. Their collective aim was to “enlighten not frighten”. The Marie Keating Foundation is the realisation of a family’s dedication – it is a promise to themselves in action.
Through its community information service our Foundation’s dedicated nurses have enlightened over 100,000 people of the causes and risk factors of breast and other cancers.  The Foundation is continuing to expand its awareness campaigns on each of the key cancers, at local level through its community outreach approach as well as through national campaigns.
The Foundation finances other areas of need in cancer care.  Monies raised help to refurbish hospital oncology waiting rooms in making them more comfortable for patients.  A limited comfort fund for those in financial difficulty as a result of their illness provides immediate assistance, when required.  
The Foundation is committed to raising awareness among young people in schools of cancer and its prevention and to this end, has successfully developed a Cancer Awareness Programme for schools, which will be delivered to all second level senior cycle students
After only eight years in operation, the Marie Keating Foundation is well established and facing a wealth of opportunities and claims on its services and resources.

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