Sarah Carey Though I'm a regular consultant of Dr Google, I'm not one to presume the worst. So when I noticed a bothersome lump under my arm, I diagnosed myself cautiously. Nothing about my putative tumour fulfilled the criteria for cancer. It was moveable and tender. Cancer presents as a hard, immovable lump.
Sarah Carey I'm occasionally accused of being a conservative but when it comes to education I'm actually a radical. Given a blank slate, I'd be Finland. In the 1990s, in the teeth of a recession and dealing...
Sarah Carey The centre must hold! That's what they say and that's what I preach when the threat of mere anarchy is let loose upon the world. And sure enough, despite all that has been thrown at us, there have...
Sarah Carey The row over Donald Trump's Muslim ban reminded me of my own difficulties entering the US. I always get through, because presumably international terrorists don't look like pale-skinned...
Sarah Carey I was busy last week. Like most people. I raced between domestics and school pick-ups and meetings. In the background, blipping into my consciousness, were snippets of the Taoiseach's visit to Washington.
Sarah Carey One broaches the subject of caesarean sections gingerly, knowing this thorny subject will raise hackles among women who can extract a sense of inadequacy from any of their life's accomplishments.
Sarah Carey As the lambing season takes off, the Irish Farmers' Association has urged dog owners to make sure their pets are locked up at night. Any mutt will merge with a frenzied pack and tear a sheep to...
Sarah Carey In previous missives, I've mentioned that my husband was obliged during the worst of the recession to ply his wares abroad. He was never exactly ecstatic heading off to the airport; but my...
Sarah Carey Several years ago, I managed to wangle an invitation to a dinner in UCD when Bill Clinton was visiting Ireland. He gave an amazing speech; full of scientific, historical and literary references.
Sarah Carey Something quite bizarre and unexpected happened last week that took me completely by surprise. Forget about Donald Trump: I turned out to be right. That never happens. When Senior Counsel...
Sarah Carey The population's political preferences are often categorised on spectrums, ranging from Left to Right or liberal to conservative. But when it comes to the Irish, choice is a more useful indicator of...
Sarah Carey Before I get to the maths of public transport, let me reflect on human nature. Most of us form opinions based on emotion rather than reason and then seek out those facts that comfort us best.
Sarah Carey Even as the scene unfolded, I felt I was in a play. Picture a messy, feminine attic bedroom. The poor girl who got her Leaving Certificate results that morning sat up in bed, still in her...
Sarah Carey There was a great laugh in Newstalk this week because Sean Moncrieff was hosting a nude outside broadcast. There were even more laughs when I reminded colleagues I'd visited a nudist colony last year and got the old kit off. And it's weird, I feel more comfortable talking about taking my clothes off than talking...
Sarah Carey Memo to the boss: I want double the usual fee for this column because I've just had to watch the most execrable muck so I can make the following important announcement to our readers: "It's official. The End of Days has come."
Sarah Carey Regular readers will know that I live in Enfield. It's a fairly inconsequential village, but we have a geographic peculiarity that has taught me much about the human condition. Enfield is in Co...
Sarah Carey Naturally, as a teenager, I knew that my parents were wrong about everything. Then I grew up and accepted that perhaps they were right after all. As middle-age crashes in on me, I worry that my...
Sarah Carey The sublime Frank McNally of The Irish Times once neatly captured the life of a columnist when he described sitting outside a cafe and glancing over to where he'd parked his bicycle. When he realised...
Sarah Carey Technically my children have five grandparents. My parents, my husband's parents and my uncle - a bachelor farmer who is a daily part of our lives. Every day, but particularly since this wretched...
Sarah Carey I spend most of my time at the end of a cul de sac in Co Meath. So when I was swanning around Dublin 2 on Friday afternoon and bumped into Oliver Sears, I seized the chance to get an opinion...
