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IEVA CONFERENCE: Bringing equine vets together to share experiences 2023-11-10

Minister Simon Harris TD has today attended the opening of the Aleen Cust Library at Mountbellew Agricultural College, Co Galway

Life and times of Ireland and Britain’s first female vet recounted

Galway Bay fm newsroom – A new bilingual book on the first female vet to work in Ireland or Great Britain will be launched in Mountbellew this month. (21/4) Aleen Cust was born in Co. Tipperary in 1868 and later worked for Galway County Council, before volunteering during the First World War. But despite repeatedly […]

Enjoy our collection of in-depth reads covering everything from a trip to Arctic to farming with Greek grapes in South Africa.

Tuam Herald editor Stephen Glennon writes about his special connection and long-time admiration for his historical hero, Aleen Cust.

American animal behaviourist Temple Grandin is to address an event honouring the work of Ireland's first female veterinary surgeon.

Plans are underway to honour a pioneering Roscommon Vet later this year. Aleen Cust 1868-1937 was a brave, courageous woman who, after a long fight…

Celebrating the creativity of Irish women News 28 February 2021 This month we have been celebrating the creativity of Irish women, including sharing the stories of Irish women who have created history. We have remembered the designer and architect Eileen Gray; computer programming pioneer Kay McNulty; tennis champion Mabel Cahill; the first woman recognised as a veterinary surgeon in the UK and Ireland, Aleen Cust; the Irish born woman who founded the company that became the ...