Riverview Veterinary Groups' dedicated, compassionate and friendly team.

Willie Buckley

Veterinary Surgeon and Managing Partner

Willie was born and reared on a dairy farm about a mile away from our Bandon clinic. He qualified from UCD in 1994 and since then has worked in Northern Ireland, Wales, the Hebrides, New Zealand amongst others and acquired additional qualifications in Diary Herd Health. . His professional interests are mastitis and surgery. As well as being an active Farm Animal Vet and managing partner of Riverview and a family man, he is a member of Cellcheck Technical Working Group of AHI and is also one of founder member of XLVETS Ireland which we set up with 5 other practices in 2009.

Michael Sexton

Veterinary Surgeon and Managing Partner

Michael qualified as a vet in 1992. His first job was in mixed practice in East Cork/West Waterford and in 1993 he returned “home” to Riverview, while also spending a year in mainly equine practice outside Sydney in Australia. Whilst continuing to work in general farm animal practice he specializes in bovine abdominal surgery, fertility and infectious diseases of cattle.

He has previously worked in embryo transfer (ET), ovum pick up (OPU) and in-vitro fertilization (IVF) areas of bovine reproduction and completed a Masters in Viral epidemiology.

Currently he is involved in Animal Health Ireland (AHI) and is a member pf both the BVD and the Biosecurity technical working groups (TWG).

Gavin Russell

Veterinary Surgeon and Partner

Gavin heads up the Bandon Companion animal clinic, and his patients adore him. Keeping abreast of new research and developments in veterinary science is a passion. He also holds the certificate in Small Animal Medicine. When not at work he loves the great outdoors and is a BBQ master, much to his family’s delight. Apart from road trips with the family and relaxing with Oliver Twist and Millie (2 rescue cats) he loves pottering about in the garden where his pride and joy, a Monkey Puzzle Tree, has been named ‘spikey’ Bob by the kids.

Carl McAuliffe

Veterinary Surgeon and Partner

Carl is from Cloyne and is head of our Ballincollig Hospital. He’s a partner and also leads our surgical referral service Riverview Referrals. Carl graduated from UCD in 1999 and spent the first 10 years of his career in the UK working in referral practice where he trained and gained his expertise in advanced surgery. He then returned home to Cork and started a surgical referral service in Douglas and then later brought his skills and referral service to Riverview Ballincollig where he now runs our state of the art trauma hospital aided by his amazing team of nurses, vets and support staff .

Carl receives referral orthopaedic, spinal and soft tissue surgical cases from vets throughout Munster and occasionally further afield , as well as Riverview’s own complex trauma / surgical cases.

Our Fantastic Veterinarians

Kieran Hinds

Veterinary Surgeon

‘Kieran graduated from UCD in 2019 and is a part of our Carrigaline team. He is enthusiastic about all aspects of Veterinary Medicine and is developing a keen interest in small animal surgery. He’s passionate about all animals and is humbled daily by what he learns from clients and their pets. In his spare time he enjoys Beekeeping and creating Art.

Evelyn Coleman

Veterinary Surgeon

Evelyn loves her job so much we have to remind her to go home! When she does, Jenny her young setter likes to keep her busy with beach and forest walks. To really relax she plays tag rugby and referees between Jenny and Joleen (her rescue cat) who have a love /hate relationship with each other.

Maria Sole Bandani

Veterinary Surgeon

Since Maria was child, she had the dream of being a veterinarian surgeon.
One thing that she really loves about her job is that it can makes her feel helpful for the others. Also seeing an animal that is getting better thanks to her, makes her feel really satisfied of
herself.
As for her hobbies, she really likes cooking and listening to my music.
She also likes physical activities, particularly working out in nature. She loves spending time outside, it makes her feel
free and lucky.

Maria has a dog, called Charlotte and she is a English Bulldog.

Joanne Coughlan

Veterinary Surgeon

Joanne studied Veterinary in UCD and graduated in 2007. She has worked in the UK, Australia, and finally settled in Cork. She has a keen interest in feline medicine and diagnostic imaging. Joanne loves working with the team in Carrigaline and has been there since 2013. At home, Joanne is kept busy with three children, a husband, a cat, two guinea pigs and Susan her dog, who is well-known to clients at Riverview in Carrigaline. Joanne’s hobbies include Tennis, Bikram yoga and eating out when she has the time.

Sonya Brady

Veterinary Surgeon

Sonya loves her job because as a vet she has the opportunity to optimise her patient’s health and wellbeing, working in an environment where everyone is really passionate about the welfare of the pets that come to the clinic ensures she wants to be at work. Her hobby is running and family life which includes a tabby cat called Rory. He used to be a stray cat but now he is a committed house cat who loves all his home comforts, of which he has plenty.

Conor Carroll

Veterinary Surgeon

Connor is currently on RVG’s intern programme having recently qualified. He is extremely happy with his career choice because he is able to improve lives every day. Not just those of his patients, but of the families they are a very important part of. When not at work he lives with three dogs – 2 springers and a lab – and two mischievous cats. When he gets a chance he loves to read and will give any book a try if it seems interesting enough.

Cliona O'Mahony

Veterinary Surgeon

Cliona has a passion for all animals large and small and while based at our Ballincollig Clinic you may just find her out on a farm tending to a cow’s health needs. The variety of animal clients keeps her busy and when not at works she loves running and spending time with her ‘animal niece’ Asia a lovely collie cross that adores spending time with her human auntie.

Jim Kelleher

Veterinary Surgeon

Jim’s main interest is animal welfare and any new developments in veterinary medicine and practice as well as surgery. He has additional qualifications in Dairy Herd Health. Jim loves the physicality of being a vet and the daily challenges of working as a farm animal vet. His professional specialities include Cattle lameness, its prevention and treatment. Housing and cattle management systems, that particularly relate to improved animal welfare on farms. As his name suggests he came from over Macroom way but has been settled in West cork for nearly 50 years.

Fiona McQuaid

Veterinary Surgeon

Fiona is originally from Co Armagh and has been living in Co. Cork and working with Riverview for almost 14 years. Home is just outside Kinsale and shared with her husband and 2 kids Aidan and Alice along with their cat Bob. Being based in the Kinsale branch in Riverview means she really enjoys how living and working locally means she gets a chance to know our clients and their pets both inside and outside of work. To relax she enjoys outdoor life and any chance she gets she is outside walking or running.

Patrick Casey

Veterinary Surgeon

Patrick joined the practice in March 2020 after spending 7 years practicing in the U.K. Following a number of years spent in mixed animal practice he decided to focus solely on dairy cattle work. As a dedicated dairy cattle vet his main interests lie in the areas of fertility, lameness and housing design. While working with large, intensive dairy herds in the U.K. he developed a deep understanding of how the cows environment and management can have a big impact on their welfare, fertility and production.

Outside of work Patrick is an avid surfer. Most of his spare time is spent scouring the Cork and Kerry coastline in the search of perfect waves. During the calmer summer months, when the waves go flat, he can be found mountain/trail running and cycling around the beautiful Irish countryside.

Daniel Mulroy

Mixed Animal Veterinarian

Daniel graduated as a vet at UCD in 2008. He worked in mixed practice in Co Laois and Co Tipperary for seven years before heading to Australia where he practiced small animal medicine in Melbourne, Sydney, and Perth. He returned to Ireland in 2017 where he worked as a small animal vet in Dublin City and completed a graduate certificate in Small Animal Medicine. He also recently completed a certificate in One Health with The University of Edinburgh.

In 2020 he moved to Cork with his wife and two rescue cats Olaf and Jerry. He is passionate about animal welfare and has a keen interest in parasitology. Daniel is originally from Co Mayo and in his spare time follows the GAA and enjoys travelling and spending time in the outdoors.

Greg Fitzmaurice

Large Animal Veterinarian

Greg enjoys meeting different people and characters. The variety of jobs and the challenge of needing to get the job done with just what you’ve got in the back of the car!

Greg keeps and breed a variety of reptiles. He is a big Munster rugby supporter, and lately has become a keen barbecue cook!

Gregs’ pets and his hobbies overlap, but he has a dog called Hudson, and a rabbit called Dave.

Maria Van-Lenth

Small Animal Veterinarian

Maria graduated firm Ghent University in Belgium in 2021. She worked in a small practice in the Netherlands for a year before coming to the practice. Maria loves being a vet for the variety of animals she sees on a daily bases and the creativity the animals sometimes require! When not at work Maria loves to lounge on the couch with her lazy staffie Vera. She also enjoys yoga, hiking and going on adventures, especially when they involve motorbikes or camping.

Ciara Walker

Large Animal Veterinarian

Ciara always wanted to be a vet because she loves helping animals, Ciara enjoys being outdoors for work and she likes the unpredictability of her day-to-day schedule.

Outside of work, Ciara loves reading, hiking and knitting. She has two lurchers, Maisie and Ziggy, nine pet sheep – Sadie, Addison, Abhann, Lucy, Tilly, Scotty, Lee, Raoghnailt and Caora -, and two horses, Africa and Ellie.

Craig Fairbairn

Large Animal Veterinarian

Craig is a Yorkshireman who graduated from University of Bristol in 2016 and went straight into farm animal practice in the midland in the UK, where he worked for 3 years before going out to New Zealand to work as a dairy vet whilst travelling the country for nearly three years. As a vet he enjoys the interaction with clients, the ‘office’ he gets to work in and the satisfaction in improving the welfare of the animals he treats- whether it is a calving or lame cows. Out of work, Craig enjoys travelling the world and going on hikes.

Our Amazing Nurses

Rebecca Rourke

Head Registered Veterinary Nurse

Rebecca leads the nursing team in Ballincollig and loves all aspects of nursing but in particular anaesthesia and nursing critical patients, which as Ballincollig is
our orthopaedic and referral clinic she gets to do a lot of! When not at work she plays camogie, enjoys walking her dogs and cycling. This lady likes to keep fit! She shares her home with 5 elderly dogs. Maggie-Border terrier, Zeus-Lurcher, Buddie – Golden Retriever, Harper & Hollie – Border/Rough Collies who all adore her.