Ronan has Dublin ribbon launch all wrapped up

The former Boyzone singer gets behind the wheel to promote the magnetic car bumper stickers with young launch companion Luke Gorman, six
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Also helping support the new campaign was model Corinna. Proceeds from sales of the two ribbons go to a cancer foundation in memory of the singer's mother, and the Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
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RONAN HAS DUBLIN RIBBON LAUNCH ALL WRAPPED UP

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23 FEBRUARY 2006

Ronan Keating had the launch of a new charity appeal all tied up when he got a little help kicking off a car bumper "ribbon" campaign from model Corinna Grant and six-year-old Luke Gorman in Dublin this week.

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The former Boyzone star and his young aides were presenting two car bumper magnets being sold as part of the "Show Your Bumper Cares" drive. The pink ribbon supports the Marie Keating Foundation while a blue version, bearing the slogan "Valuing childhood", benefits the Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.

Established by Ronan and his family following the death of the Irish singer's mother who succumbed to breast cancer in February 1998, the Marie Keating fund provides breast cancer information free of charge throughout Ireland via three mobile cancer information units.

Since losing his mum the When You Say Nothing At All singer, whose middle child is named after her grandmother, has been a keen supporter of charitable organisations, and each year takes part in a lengthy cross-country fund-raising hike in his native country.

"Show Your Bumper Cares" ribbons, which cost £5 for a pack of two, are currently available from Irish branches of Marks & Spencer, and will go on sale at petrol stations across the republic from mid-March.

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