Bill Cashman, M.V.B, M.R.C.V.S, M.V.M
Veterinary surgeon
Biography
Gene Cashman, M.V.B P.G. Dip C.O.
Veterinary surgeon
Biography
Susan Leahy, RVN
Veterinary Nurse & Practice Manager
Biography
Avril Barry RVN
Veterinary Nurse
Biography
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Veterinary surgeon
Biography
Veterinary surgeon
Biography
Veterinary Nurse & Practice Manager
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Veterinary Nurse
Biography
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Avril joined the practice in 2020 after a long veterinary nursing career in equine veterinary. She can be found most days at our reception welcoming our clients and answering queries on the phones but does enjoy participating in the veterinary nursing role with the much smaller clientele. She enjoys hiking, kayaking and spending time with her cat.
Jenni graduated from St John’s College as a Veterinary nurse in 2019 and joined the practice in 2020. Some of her veterinary interests are nutrition and anesthesia, and in 2021 she completed a course in anesthesia. Jenni enjoys doing fear free happy visits to help pets have a more enjoyable relaxed time in the vets. In her free time, she loves to Kayak, watch rugby matches and walking her dogs Roxy and Simba.
Laura graduated from St. John’s Central college Cork in 2009. She joined the practice in 2010 and has a special interest geriatric patient care. In her spare time, Laura enjoys walking in the woods with her golden retriever Iggy and playing the piano and flute.
Charlie graduated from St John’s College in 2019 as a Veterinary Nurse, soon after she joined our team. She has a particular interest in weight management and behaviour in all types of animals. She especially loves geriatric patients and small furies. Charlie also assists our clients with their Pet Insurance queries and claims. When she’s not at work she’s at home with her rabbit Dave and three dogs Cooper, Finn and Chad.
Susan has been with the Practice since 1998 and has been involved in both the large and small animal sides of the Practice for many years. She completed her RVN with St John’s College in 2008 with their PRVN course. She is currently the Practice Manager responsible for the business activities of the Practice but still enjoys the hands-on experience of veterinary nursing. She was nominated for the IVNA Practice Manager of the year in 2018.
Gene qualified as a vet in 2013 from UCD. She spent her first year as a vet in Clonakilty before spending 5 years working overseas in New Zealand, Australia and Canada and returned to join the practice in September 2019. She has a keen interest in integrative medicine including behavioural medicine, acupuncture and canine osteopathy. She is currently studying towards a post graduate certificate in veterinary medicine. When she is not busy at work she enjoys running, cycling and swimming and hopes to participate in the Cork Marathon.
A native of Glanmire, Bill qualified before mobile phones and Google. (Rumours that his first call was to a Diplodocus are greatly exaggerated – more like a big Dodo).
After five years working “abroad” (Kildare, Dungarvan and Carrigaline), he came home in 1983 as a partner in Cashman & O’ Driscoll. When P.J. O Driscoll retired in September 2019 Bill became the elder lemon of the team as it morphed into Cashman Veterinary Hospital – just as the Covid-19 pandemic came to town.
A lifelong fascination trying to work out what makes animals tick (or not, as the case may be) is why practice is more a way of life than anything else. There is always something new to learn be it in diagnosis or treatment or simply watching how attitudes to animals has changed over the years.
Modern owners’ care for pets has led to the (almost) disappearance of the old common diseases like Distemper and “yellow jaundice”, while “wormy pups with fits” are also a rarity nowadays.
Outside of the direct clinical setting, Bill is part the Veterinary Nurse training programme in St John’s Central College and has been a member of a technical working group in Animal Health Ireland, while he has recently retired from the Veterinary Council of Ireland where he served for 15 years.