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2 months ago | 
independent.ie | Sarah Carey
Sarah Carey: We’re in no position to lecture other countries over their national security, so why do we persist in doing it? Nato tanks fire shells during military exercises in Poland in May 2022, only weeks after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Photo: ReutersLast week, a Department of Defence briefing for Tánaiste Simon Harris warned that EU member states were increasingly unimpressed with Ireland’s foreign policy. Was it the wake-up call the new Foreign Affairs Minister needed?
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Jan 24, 2025 | 
independent.ie | Sarah Carey
Sarah Carey: St Brigid will be celebrated in style in the village that’s named after her on Gran CanariaCilian Fennell, former head of programming for TG4, at the station in Baile na hAbhainn, Co Galway. Photo: Andrew DownesWhen my friend Paul Hayes, PR consigliere for tech start-ups, said a gang was going to Gran Canaria for a few days, I nearly declined the invitation to join them. I usually confine myself to a single summer holiday. Then I gave in to spontaneity.
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Jan 23, 2025 | 
yahoo.com | Sarah Carey
Taking the lead in combating animal cruelty in Florida, the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine, with support from the State Attorney’s offices of R.J. Larizza, Brian Kramer and Melissa Nelson, has established the North Florida Animal Cruelty Task Force. This task force includes Volusia, Flagler, St. Johns, Putnam, Baker, Bradford, Union, Levy, Gilchrist, Alachua, Duval, Clay and Nassau counties.
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
thenewscaster.com | Sarah Carey
January 21, 2025
UF study of deadly dog cancer reveals new clues for improved treatment
Dr. Donghee Lee, left, and Dr. Jon Kim in Kim's laboratory in 2024. Lee is a postdoctoral associate in the Kim lab.
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Jan 20, 2025 | 
mainstreetdailynews.com | Sarah Carey
A new University of Florida study focusing on manatees’ immune systems reveals how glyphosate, the world’s most commonly used herbicide, may threaten manatee health in an environment increasingly impacted by human activities.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
independent.ie | Sarah Carey
Sarah Carey: Eoghan Murphy wanted to be radical on housing as minister, but Fine Gael failed him – Jack Chambers should take noteFormer Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and former Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy in 2017. Both have since left politics. Photo: Douglas O'ConnorAs a rule, I avoid autobiographies. Other than the deliciously gossipy diaries of the late Tory politician Alan Clark, most memoirs, especially political, are dull and self-serving.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
independent.ie | Sarah Carey
Sarah Carey: Should BreastCheck screen all women between the ages of 50 and 69, or those at highest risk? A woman having a mammogram in hospitalLooking back in the Carey archives, I see I wrote about a problem with BreastCheck back in 2012. I haven’t seen the subject mentioned in the Irish media since, even though it’s regularly discussed in the UK. The problem is that BreastCheck, the screening programme for women aged between 50 and 69, may lead to unnecessary treatment for some women.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
thenewscaster.com | Sarah Carey
Herbicide threatens manatee immune systems, UF study finds
University of Florida (UF)
Photo courtesy of Getty Images.
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
independent.ie | Sarah Carey
Sarah Carey: Working and living conditions for women in China making Barbie dolls are far from empoweringMargot Robbie in a scene from the ‘Barbie’ movie. Photo: APAccording to the mythology of modern femininity, every little girl had a Barbie doll. Yet I’m one of three sisters, and there was no Barbie in our house. There was no pink and no glitter either.
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Nov 29, 2024 | 
independent.ie | Sarah Carey
Whatever the outcome, what’s clear is we have leaders with strong backbonesA friend who’d behaved badly once told me: “Those most grieved against forgave the quickest.” And so it was the reluctant centre of attention, carer Charlotte Fallon, who said of Simon Harris: “He is a human being and I know it was after a very long day.”After a 20-minute phone conversation with the Taoiseach, she told the press: “I do feel for him and I know that general election campaigns can be very rough.”
