Rural Life
Michael Fitzmaurice has called for Minister James Lawless to "focus" on getting a bachelor of veterinary medicine course to ATU by this year.
South East Technological University (SETU) is currently recruiting staff for its new veterinary medicine course.
ATU has said its new bachelor of veterinary medicine and surgery (BVMS) will not begin until September 2026.
The VCI has welcomed the announcement of 80 new third-level veterinary medicine places to be provided by SETU and ATU.
Two new vet schools will be located at SETU in Kilkenny and at ATU in Donegal and Galway campuses, the government has announced.
The expected announcement of two new vet schools is "not good news" for the veterinary profession and its clients, a group of vets has said.
Agri-Business
New third-level vet schools will be hosted across campuses in Donegal, Galway and Kilkenny, Agriland understands.
Two local authorities have each passed a motion calling on the government to give the rights of hosting a new veterinary school to SETU.
When Bronagh Byrne and Annie O’Connor embarked on their careers as vets, neither could have predicted that a move to Jersey was on the cards.
UL has confirmed that it has officially withdrawn from the competition to host a new veterinary medicine school in the Republic of Ireland.
Speculation has been raised today that the University of Limerick (UL) may have pulled out of its bid to host the new vet school
An Irish student studying veterinary medicine in Poland has called for a database to be set up linking students abroad with vets in Ireland.
Concerns over the availability of specialist teaching staff for a new vet school have been raised by a group of vets.
Taoiseach Simon Harris has said it is "possible" to deliver extra veterinary capacity in third-level institutions for this September.
South East Technological University (SETU) and Teagasc Kildalton Agricultural College hosted a visit from Veterinary Ireland this week.
Technological University of the Shannon (TUS) Athlone Campus, marked a significant milestone this month as it celebrated two decades of...
UL and the Salesian Agricultural College have signed an agreement to co-operate in the delivery of a new veterinary programme at UL.
There is a "real opportunity" for the training of veterinary farm technicians in Ireland, Senator Victor Boyhan has told the Seanad today.
Concerns have been raised by a group of veterinary practitioners as the government is yet to announce a second vet school in Ireland.
The government has yet to make a decision on which third-level institution or institutions will host a new vet school, Minister Harris said.
Minister Charlie McConalogue has been urged to "stop dragging his heels on the decision for a new veterinary school in the west of Ireland".
A group of vets has raised concerns that the window of opportunity to have a new vet school set up for 2024 is now "very tight".
N.Ireland
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