Keelin Shanley was a ground breaking investigative journalist and RTÉ News anchor, as well as a beloved wife and mother. Just as she reached the peak of her career, she was confronted by the greatest challenge of her life.
‘Keelin Shanley: Faraway, Still Close’ is an intimate, poignant but ultimately uplifting look back at Keelin Shanley’s life, career and experience with cancer, told through video clips; personal archive; and the words of Keelin herself and her husband Conor Ferguson. It is an emotionally-charged but life-affirming portrait of a young woman who played a significant role in Irish public life, but is also the story of a mother and wife who faced two bouts of cancer with grace and determination.
This highly personal, hour-long documentary gives an incredible insight into how Keelin felt about stage 4 cancer, how she dealt with it, and how she faced the end of her life with honesty and humour.