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TB is entangled in culture, history and social realities

Personal experience and that of fellow-farmers encountered when he was Macra president, drove Nuffield Ireland scholar John Keane to research solutions to the problem of TB prevalence in Ireland.

OPINION 23 December 2025

TB is entangled in culture, history and social realities

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Our success in export markets depends not only on finding new buyers, but on protecting the strong and hard-fought position we occupy on the global stage.

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