SETU and Kilkenny's Kildalton College host information day for Veterinary Ireland

South East Technological University (SETU) and Teagasc Kildalton Agricultural College were delighted to invite Veterinary Ireland to the college for an informative on-site visit demonstrating the university’s readiness to deliver a degree in veterinary medicine.

Facilitated by SETU’s veterinary medicine programme development team, Veterinary Ireland’s visit to Kildalton Agricultural College in Piltown, on Wednesday, February 28, involved a tour of the college’s facilities followed by a detailed briefing.

Among the invited guests from Veterinary Ireland were Hazell Mullins, President, Kate O’Dwyer, Food Animal Chair, and Finbar Murphy, Chief Executive. (Pictured above).

SETU’s proposals to create new programmes in veterinary medicine and pharmacy were included in the capacity-building strategies announced by the Government last June.

The university’s application builds on SETU’s strengths in science and land sciences together with a 50-year history of collaborative provision with Teagasc, Kildalton Agricultural College.

The tour of the college was provided by Tim Ashmore, Kildalton principal.