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Get to know the team at South Dublin Vets. We are here to care for your pets and make sure they live a long and happy life.

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Welcome to the South Dublin Vet Family. We strive to give you and your pet our best care and service every day. Every animal that comes through our doors is treated like one of our own.

We will be there with you and your pet as you share your life together. Our promise to all our clients is to give honest, timely and trusted advice. We will be on hand to help your pet through any scrapes and medical issues they may have along the way!

We understand you will have worries; but rest assured, you can rely on the highest level of professional care and support from us.

We look forward to seeing you soon but if you have any questions in the meantime, then please call or email us and we will be delighted to help you.

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VETERINARY SURGEONS

Mark Heffernan

Alyson

Adrienne

Jetta

Dave

VETERINARY NURSES

Shauna

Sinead

Theresa

Jessica

Sophia

Reception / Front of House

Daniela

Emily

Kate

TERENURE VETERINARY HOSPITAL

  • 30 Whitehall rd, Terenure, Dublin, D12ET82
  • pets@southdublinvets.ie
  • (01) 455 5362

DUNDRUM VETERINARY CLINIC

  • Dundrum Village Centre,
    Main Street, Dundrum, Dublin, D14K8H4
  • pets@southdublinvets.ie
  • (01) 296 5876

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TERENURE VETERINARY HOSPITAL

DUNDRUM VETERINARY CLINIC

Mark Heffernan

Having had an enthusiasm for wildlife since a little boy I qualified from Veterinary College in 1997 in Dublin and apart from one year in mixed practice have spent all my time in small animal practice. I worked in the UK for eight years and five years of those were spent working for the RSPCA Hospital in Manchester. While there I developed a keen interest in animal welfare. I also spent eighteen months in London and worked with the PDSA charity Hospital in Bow East London.

I love all aspects of practice and enjoy meeting new clients and animals every day. I took over in Terenure in 2006 and opened a new clinic in Dundrum in early 2011.

Sadly my little dog Mario passed away last year. Sally a friendly little terrier arrived in the practice in the summer and has remained ever since! Away from practice my passion is following the Irish Rugby team (not always rewarding!!) music, both listening and playing, running and swimming!

Alyson

Alyson Qualified from UCD in 2007. Following graduation, she worked in a busy small animal practice in Wales for 2 years. Following this she took the plunge down under, where she travelled and locummed around New Zealand and Australia for a year. On her return, she worked again in a small animal practice in the UK for 3 years, before coming back to Ireland to work in South Dublin Vets in 2013. She has a keen interest in Small animal medicine, and loves nothing more than working up a complex medical case.

Alyson has dog called Evie, who is a four year old Springer Spaniel. Evie will often be seen welcoming the clients in Dundrum. Away from the clinic, Alyson enjoys walking in the Wicklow Mountains with Evie, following the Rugby, and visiting her home county of Kerry.

Adrienne

Adrienne qualified as a veterinary surgeon from UCD in 1997. Following graduation she moved to Sheffield to work in a busy small animal hospital. On returning to Ireland in 1998 she joined a small animal and pig practice in Naas where she worked for several years before the travel-bug set in and she headed down-under to New Zealand, working as a locum in small animal clinics as she travelled.

Adrienne returned to Ireland in 2002 and worked again in a busy companion animal practice in Kildare before joining South Dublin Vets in 2007.

She has a young daughter, Ada, who keeps her more than busy outside of work. They have a cuddly, black cat called BC.

Jetta

Jetta recently joined South Dublin Vets in March having graduated from The University of Budapest in February 2022. She graduated from University College Dublin in 2017 with a bachelor’s degree in Neuroscience, but always wanted to become a vet and decided to move to Budapest, Hungary to pursue a career in Veterinary Science.

Jetta loves sport, especially soccer and running and she currently plays every weekend in the Women’s National League for Peamount Utd as a right wingback. Her favorite races are the 1500m and cross country, although she don’t run competitively anymore she still loves watching the athletics.

David

David qualified from University College Dublin in 2017. After graduating, he worked in a specialist referral setting in the South West of England.

He returned to Ireland and worked for two years in a small animal general practice in Sandymount, Dublin. David joined South Dublin Vets in December 2020. 

His main professional interests include Small Animal Surgery, Diagnostic Imaging and Ultrasonography. His personal interests are Rugby, Golf and Soccer. He is a tormented Arsenal Fc supporter.

Shauna

Shauna joined the team in 2021. Originally from Donegal, Shauna grew up on small farm where her love for animals began. From dogs to sheep, Shauna has a grá for them all! This love for animals led her to pursue a degree in Veterinary Nursing in which she qualified in 2021. When she’s not busy at work or helping out on the farm with her two dogs Lucky and Jess, she is reading, drawing or braving the cold Atlantic for a swim.

Sinéad

Sinéad joined South Dublin Vets in 2019 as an Animal Care assistant after completing a Fetac level 5 in Animal Care in Dun Laoghaire.  Following this certificate Sinéad’s passion for animals remained and that’s when she decided to pursue studying Veterinary Nursing in UCD where she is due to graduate in 2023.   Sinéad lives in Rathfarnham with her crazy collie Rio and on the weekends you may find them hiking with a camera somewhere in the Dublin or Wicklow mountains.

Theresa

Theresa, originally from India, grew up in Cork from the age of 6. She is now living in Dublin and studying veterinary medicine in UCD. Theresa joined us in October 2021. Her hope is to work as a Vet in small animal and wildlife medicine in the future.

Jessica

Jessica is our senior veterinary nurse. She graduated from Dundalk Institute of Technology in 2017 with a BSc in Veterinary Nursing, and has been part of our team since then! Previously, she completed an animal care course in Killester College. Jessica has a keen interest in surgical nursing, and inpatient care.

Outside of work Jessica can be found spending time with her two dogs Luna, and Floki out and about in Wicklow!

Sophia

Sophia joined our Terenure practice is 2017 as a student veterinary nurse and graduated from Athlone IT in 2018. She went to work in the pet emergency hospital before coming back to work in our Dundrum branch. She is currently studying a feline nursing cert as she is cat crazy!

She has a big interest in animal nutrition, you can book in to see her for weight consults or general pet care chats in our Dundrum branch.

Sophia has 3 cats, Ziggy, Elmo & Gloria. In her spare time, she likes swimming & reading.

Daniela

Daniela has been working at South Dublin Vets for 17 years. While she didn’t have a veterinary background before starting she did have a great love and passion for animals and their welfare which continues today.

Her responsibilities are looking after reception, food ordering and kennels. She always make the clients and their pets welcome with a smile and loves being around the animals and looking after them with great patience and satisfaction.

In her spare time she does some cat minding and loves hill walking, gardening, reading and cycling.

Emily

Hi my name is Emily. I have always loved animals but I realised I wanted to work with them after getting my first rabbit, Luna, in 2019. My furry family has grown since then as I now have budgies, fish, more bunnies and cats. I got my level 5 Animal Care certificate from DFEI in 2021 before working in a Doggy Daycare for a year and a half. I knew right from the beginning of my Animal Care course that I wanted to work in a vets as I love working with people as well as animals so I am very excited to now be a part of the SDV team.

Kate

Kate, originally from Cape Town, South Africa, joined our practice in April 2022. She graduated with a Business Commerce Degree in 2011 and has always had a passion for operations, finance and HR.

Her love for animals is what drew her to the role of Practice Manager and she enjoys learning new aspects of the Veterinary side as well as bombarding the vets with questions of what, how and why during surgeries.

Outside of work her favourite thing to do is spend time with her family and their new addition, Timmy, who came into the practice before Christmas 2022 and ended up finding his way into their home.

Kate loves to read, listen to music and cook up a storm.