Donal O'Connell Veterinary Practice

Donal O'Connell Veterinary Practice in Tralee is viewed positively by many reviewers for both routine, long-term care and urgent treatment, including emergency surgery and inpatient recovery. Recent feedback includes a strong account of a rapid Sunday-evening emergency response, with a badly injured dog seen within an hour after an immediate phone reply. There is also a negative recent account describing rushed appointments and dissatisfaction with blood sampling and ear care.

Services

•Routine and ongoing care: Reviewers describe the practice as looking after pets over many years, suggesting regular day-to-day and long-term veterinary care as well as one-off visits.
•Emergency and urgent treatment: Multiple reviews mention urgent cases, including late Sunday-evening help after a dog attack and prompt phone advice followed by same-evening treatment.
•Surgery and inpatient care: Owners describe emergency surgery being carried out, with pets kept in the clinic during recovery and updates given during the stay.
•Diagnostics and clinical work-ups: Blood sampling and testing are mentioned in reviews, including blood being taken from a neck vein.
•Ear-related complaints: Ear problems and ear cleaning are specifically mentioned in reviewer accounts.

Pricing

No published pricing information is currently available for this clinic.

People

Named team members mentioned by reviewers include Eileen, Claire, Olivia, Brendan, and Ursula. In those accounts, they are associated with kind care, clear communication during a dog's stay after emergency surgery, and help that felt beyond the basics. Reviewers also speak positively about the reception team, while one negative review criticises an unnamed junior veterinary doctor over manner, time spent, and clinical handling.

Reviews

Google rating: 4.9/5 from 53 reviews. Recent written feedback is mostly very positive, with a small amount of clear criticism.

•Emergency response stands out: one reviewer says the clinic answered immediately on a Sunday evening and had their badly injured dog seen within the hour.
•Kind, knowledgeable care is a repeated theme: reviewers describe the vets as caring, professional, gentle, and willing to go beyond expectations.
•Surgery and aftercare are praised: one owner says their dog received emergency surgery and that staff were kind and informative throughout the inpatient stay.
•There is some negative feedback: one recent reviewer reports rushed appointments, bruising after a blood draw, dissatisfaction with treatment of an ear problem, and felt prices were very high, while another reviewer described the clinic as inexpensive compared with the UK.

Reviews for Donal O'Connell Veterinary Practice

Note: Showing the 10 most recent Google reviews out of 53 we track in total. Recent reviews may not be representative of overall sentiment.

Sorcha Ni Charthaigh

9 months ago

Ita vd Horst

10 months ago

Rasa Rackauskyte

1 year ago

Elaine O connor

Marika Horvath

The junior veterinary doctor doesn’t represent the compassionate nature or professionalism,. Few times meeting with a same person leaves us a negative opinion on his attitude towards us and towards our beloved pets.Prices are really sky high, and you expect a high quality service with it, but sadly he left our pets neck bruised after blood was taking from his neck vein, and he did a very unsatisfactory job on our other pet as well when he missed the fact the ear was fully ducted, and cleaning the ears with cotton buds was only a fast solution !we had to bring our pets to different vet, to Killarney where the vet is absolutely very good, professional and kind, and not trying to get rid of us and our pets after 10 mins visit, like happened to us in Dingle Not recommended at all!!!the one star is given to a reception desk, who were at least nice enough

penny Haythorn

What a fantastic veterinary surgery. The vets were so kind but knowledgeable and professional. They did something for us today, over and above the call of duty. We can't thank them enough. Penny and Stuart

Suzi Quirke

I can't speak highly enough of O'Connell's vets, who looked after my dog in an emergency late on Sunday evening when she had been attacked and badly injured by another dog. They responded immediately on the phone, we were at the surgery and my dog was being looked after and taken in within the hour. Total legends! God Bless people who look after animals for a living.

Muireann Nic Giolla Ruaidh

3 years ago

Extremely friendly staff who are gentle and kind. Have always looked after our dog so well for many years. Dog recently had emergency surgery, they were so kind and informative during her stay and she is recovering extremely well after it all. Thanks Eileen, Claire, Olivia, Brendan and Ursula.

Angela hopewell

My dog became unwell whilst visiting family in Dingle. The staff on the reception were friendly and the vets themselves were caring and knowledgeable. I was amazed how cheap they were compared to the UK. Highly recommended you won’t be disappointed.