Letters to the Editor: Experts urge Government to locate one new vet school in west Munster

Veterinary Working Group responds to Stephen Cadogan's recent article in Irish Examiner Farming about the current proposals for the provision of veterinarian education

'Veterinary education is the most expensive undergraduate course offered in the State,' write James Quinn and Ian Fleming who go on to say the proposed €50m capital funding will not deliver sustainable veterinary education courses. Picture: iStock

The Government announcement of a potential two new vet schools, referred to in Stephen Cadogan’s article — ‘New schools to address the critical shortage of veterinarians’ (Irish Examiner Farming, October 10) — at first glance looks like a positive development. 

On closer examination, there are a number of problems with this proposal.