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Clare woman Sarah represents Ohio in Rose of Tralee

NEWMARKET’S Sarah McInerney will be representing Ohio in the 2022 Rose of Tralee, which returns after a two-year hiatus on next Monday and Tuesday.  The 30-year-old recently completed her studies in Cleveland, and is now working there in her chosen field of Biomimicry. Speaking to the Champion on Wednesday, Sarah’s mother Denise was looking forward to seeing her daughter being interviewed by Dáithí Ó Sé. “Sure, we’re all excited! We were blackguarding her a while back when she was studying in Cleveland. I said go on and enter it for the craic, we’ll see how you go. She said ‘ah no, no’. Then she did and next thing she said ‘you won’t believe it Mam, I got it’.” Biomimicry is an interdisciplinary practice, which mimics natural strategies to create more sustainable solutions, and Denise says that Sarah is hugely passionate about it. “She was googling Biomimicry here, she wanted to study it, but she could find no college that would …

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Sarah returns after vital treatment in Russia

  A WESTBURY mother-of-one is recovering after receiving vital treatment in Russia that could potentially restore a proper quality of life for her. Sarah McInerney (40) has obtained chemotherapy and a stem cell transplant, which is not available in Ireland to treat progressive Multiple Sclerosis. Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (HSCT) is the transplantation of multipotent hematopoietic stem cells, usually derived from bone marrow, peripheral blood, or umbilical cord blood. HSCT involves the intravenous (IV) infusion of autologous or allogeneic stem cells to re-establish hematopoietic function in patients whose bone marrow or immune system is damaged or defective. While Sarah has returned home, the fundraising continues to cover the cost of the treatment and other ancillary costs totalling an estimated €70,000. Sarah and her partner, Jody Kirby, who is originally from Shannon, face the unenviable task of raising this huge sum of money as this treatment is not covered by private health care insurance or the HSE. She doesn’t meet one …

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