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We would like to wish Ronan and Yvonne a very happy 7th wedding anniversary!
Have a lovely day! Donna's plea to heart-throb Ronan in bid to save charity
Online Evening Times - April 27th 2005 Donna has a website - visit Creative Communities Crafts Ronan will be calling into Stephen Sullivan's show on Invicta FM tonight, the show will be on from 7.30pm - 10pm - Listen online here Schedules page updated - Click here Sold on Song: More When You Say Nothing At All reviews added November 2004 archives updated - Click here Ronan Keating lends vocal support to
PDSA Thanks to Stacey! Need to know - Ronan answers questions from fans Thursday April 21st 2005 - Walk Ireland Promotion
Ronan picured with WWE Wrestlers; The Big Show (L) and Rey Mysterio (R) at the Herbert Park Hotel, Dublin to promote Walk Ireland. See more photos of Ronan with his sponsors for Walk Ireland at VIP Ireland. Photos courtesy of VIP Ireland (Thanks to Regina!) & Getty Images Ronan talks to Hit Radio 03 ORF Austria - April 17th 2005 I’m writing the new album at the moment, it’s going so well that I could probably have the album out by Christmas. I’m writing with Gregg Alexander from the New Radicals and we’re having a great time writing this album, it’s full of California up tempo’s, real feel good songs ya know, it’s got that feel about it like Rollercoaster and Lovin’ each day so it’s fun. I went over to Chicago two weeks ago to write with Richard Marx, which was quite interesting he’s a really cool guy. (On Yusuf Islam) He’s writing and recording again so yeah that’s an exciting time for music to think that we’re gonna get Yusuf Islam; Cat Stevens back. We’ve got a baby on the way in September, it’s incredibly exciting just when you think we’re not gonna have anymore children we’ve decided to have another and it’s beautiful and wonderful and we’re very excited. More photos of Ronan at the Gasometer music festival added Ronan performed at the Gasometer music festival in Vienna Austria on Sunday 17th April 2005
Ronan lights a candle and performs for Trade Justice. Photographer: Simon Rawles. Photos courtesy of the Trade Justice Movement TACKLING GLOBAL POVERTY -
Sky News - April 16th 2005 Read more news at the BBC website Ronan Keating at the Trade Justice Movement - All-Night Vigil, Westminster Abbey - April 16th 2005
Ronan performed 'In the ghetto'
Pictured with Jools Holland Photos courtesy of Wireimage Ronan's iTunes playlist - Image courtesy of iTunes, thanks to Lizzie!
Baby Can I Hold You remix for Germany -
Universal Pop
Dear Ronan Keating Fans Surely you remember how well 'Baby Can I hold you' was received by the German audience on Ronan's last tour. Along with Father and Son, this was one of the best points of every concert. As Ronan also noticed this, we are very happy that he has decided to remix BCIHY especially for the German market. This new version will be sent exclusively this week to the German radio stations only - no other radio station in England or in any other country has it! This is Ronan's very special present to say thanks to his German fans who made his album reach platinum. We'd be very happy if this song became a big radio hit and that we can show Ronan this his trust wasn't in vain - of course you are very welcome to support us by calling their local radio station and request the song. Thanks to Lizzie! Steve Jones; a member of Ronan's band, is accompanying him on Walk Ireland 2005. Steve is also a member of S*T*U*F*F*
Thanks to Natalie and to S*T*U*F*F*! Rhona's dream comes true
- East Anglian Daily Times - April 12th 2005
By Sheena Grant MOTHER-of-two Rhona Damant has realised a dream she never thought she would live long enough to see come true - the printing of a book based on her diaries about living with cancer. Rhona's Diary began in the East Anglian Daily Times' weekly health pages in October 2003 and soon attracted a loyal army of readers. She had been diagnosed with secondary, inoperable cancer of the lungs, liver, brain and spine only months before, having previously been given the all-clear after a mastectomy and treatment for breast cancer. Letters, cards and gifts poured in from readers who were touched by Rhona's honest, funny and moving diaries detailing her family life hopes, fears, pain, setbacks and triumphs. Her words struck a chord with the personal experiences of some, but for others they just reached out on a human level to raise awareness about a subject that affects so many, but is so difficult to confront. Diaries that appeared in the EADT over an 18-month period have now been collected together in a book, along with a photographic record of Rhona's life, which includes many pictures from her family album, a help and advice section and a personal account of her childhood and adult life, putting her illness into context. The book, called Sit Down and Stop Laughing, is published by the EADT and is raising money for Rhona's favourite charity, Breakthrough breast cancer. She admitted to feeling a little overwhelmed by the experience and, unusually for her - as she would be the first to say - almost lost for words. “It is an unbelievable thing. The whole situation with what has happened in the last couple of years is very surreal anyway - getting the diary published, being invited to a reception with the Queen at Buckingham Palace and meeting Ronan Keating,” said Rhona. “It is hard to put my feelings into words - how did it all happen, where does it all come from? “I certainly did not think I would be here to see the book published. I never thought I would have a book published anyway and then when the opportunity came along I did not think I would be around to see it happen. I can't find the words to explain how I feel.” The book should raise thousands of pounds, boosting the total Rhona has already helped bring in for cancer charities through various fundraising initiatives. “The money will go to Breakthrough and it should be a sizeable amount to aid research,” she said. “Surely that has got to help somewhere along the line and that is what drives me. There will be another fundraising goal after this one too. I don't know what it will be yet, but there will be one.” “Putting them in the book so that they can be read together seems to add something new and different. It actually makes them even more special, if that's possible.” Rhona has also bravely dipped into her photo albums, so the book contains some never-seen-before pictures taken through her life from her babyhood up to date. The foreward to the book was written by pop star Ronan Keating, who lost his own mother to breast cancer. He agreed to write a piece after meeting Rhona and her family at one of his concerts last year and supplied a touching, hand-written message. Ronan said he is truly amazed and humbled by Rhona. He said: "To be in her position yet to have come to a stage where she has confronted the disease, almost overcome it, and to be pushed right back again, is hard enough. Make Trade Fair Global Week of Action - Scoop - April 11th 2005 On April 15th an all-night vigil to “wake up to trade justice” will take place in London. The event will kick off in Westminster Abbey with performances by Ronan Keating, Vanessa Redgrave and Thom Yorke. In Jakarta, an organic food cooking competition and schools’ competition to write letters to farmers; and in Manila a “grain march” to the Department of Trade and Industry. Ronan has been writing with American pop/country
singer Richard Marx; possibly new tracks for Ronan's next album:
Here's an extact from the journal on Richard Marx' official website: Hey,
It's after midnight here in Nashville, and I'm still far from sleepy. I spent the last 2 days in a recording studio here recording several songs for several different projects. I worked with a drummer and bass player here named, respectively, Steve Brewster and Mark Hill. I also flew in my dear pal, Matt Scannell, to record with us. Matt and I came in from Chicago, where we did some writing this past week. Also at my house was Ronan Keating, who's quite the superstar in Europe,and a really talented and cool guy. Ronan and I wrote three songs together, and another with Matt, over a 2 day period, and we hope to record them this summer for Ronan's next CD. Thanks to Carla! Ronan will be headlining this years Radio Bayern 3 Festival in Ingolstadt, Germany on Friday June 24th 2005 - Click here Photo courtesy of Top of the Pops
'Ronan arrives for the ceremonial bundle just a little bit early'
A 2000 Tour programme signed by Ronan raised a staggering £100 for Capital fm's Help a London Child campaign. Well done to all the bidders and congratulations to the winning bidder! Ronan is the headline performer at the Langelandsfestival 2005 in Denmark on Thursday 28th July - Click here ’Make Poverty History’ and Vote for Trade Justice at the Co-operative Bank
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- April 5th 2005 Snowopenair concert review with photos - Thanks to Carla for giving us permission! 2 more Snowopenair concert photos added - thanks to RKCA Ronan has made it onto The Times Youngest Music Millionaires list at no.4 Photos of Ronan at the Snowopenair Concert 2005 added Ronan completes Blickling line-up -
ADAM GRETTON - April 1st 2005 -
EDP 24 Day out with Daly - Interview with Ronan and screen captures OK Magazine - issue 463 April 5th 2005
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DISABLED Glasgow woman campaigning to save an under-threat charity has
asked pop star Ronan Keating to step in. Donna Gallagher, 30, who
suffers from spina bifida, was touched by Ronan's kindness after a dream
meeting with the singer last year. She is now convinced he will
support their fight to retain Creative Community Crafts, a Cathcart-based
charity which has transformed Donna's life. Donna is paralysed from
the waist down and struggled with speech and numeracy until she started
attending CCC five days a week. Now she is among 130 clients who will
suffer if CCC closes in August due to a funding crisis. Her letter
to the former Boyzone singer states: "Dear Ronan Keating, How are you? My
name is Donna Gallagher and I met you at your concert on December 10, 2004
at the SECC in Glasgow. "I hope you remember me. I will never forget
what a great experience it was. I am writing to see if you could help in
any way as I am part of a group of clients/users of Creative Community
Crafts. "I attend the activities five days a week and I enjoy the
support. 
International
artiste Ronan Keating has lent his support to PDSA, the UK’s leading
veterinary charity, by donating the use of his hit single, ‘You Say
Nothing at All’ to PDSA to lay down as the backing soundtrack for the
charity’s television advert.
Singers
Ronan Keating and Beverley Knight joined actors Vanessa Redgrave and Pete
Postlethwaite for a series of performances and readings in Westminster
Abbey.
working without
a break in the sun.
