The clinic is situated in the same location as the former practice of Plunkett Devlin, who operated from premises here in Straffan until he retired in 2004, selling the practice to Denis Beary.

Denis Beary qualified from University College Dublin's Veterinary College in Ballsbridge in 1990. Following 2 years in mixed practice in the U.K. he spent a year in Australia working with Jim Gannon amongst others. On returning to the U.K. he worked with Plunkett Devlin who was then in practice in Rugby until Plunkett left to return to Ireland. Having taken over Plunkett's U.K. practice and later opening the English version of the Canine Sports Medicine Clinic in Leicestershire, he spent 8 years in single-man mainly greyhound practice there.

Hearing of Mr Devlin's pending retirement in 2004 in Ireland Denis seized the opportunity to sell the U.K. business and move home.

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The Irish Greyhound Skillnet is committed to working with all sectors of the greyhound industry in Ireland. As a result a new veterinary cluster has been established which will focus on providing continuous professional development (CPD) training for veterinary surgeons. A number of leading greyhound vets in Ireland are providing guidance and support to the Greyhound Skillnet steering committee, they are:

Alan Ahearne
Denis Beary
Diarmuid Dooge
Alessandro Piras

UCD Postgraduate Certificate in Canine Sports Medicine.

Denis Beary is one of the originators of this new course which began in 2009, continued in 2010 and which is set to run again in 2011. He is involved in delivering both online and practical content for the course given at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in UCD. Denis was recently conferred with the certificate along with 20 others, becoming the first class ever to graduate.

Denis is also a member of the welfare comittee of Veterinary Ireland and is active on many issues related to greyhound welfare.