Sunbeam Vets – Vets in Cork
Clinic Overview
- Recent feedback is largely positive about the team’s kindness and professionalism, including compassionate support during euthanasia and strong day-to-day care for long-term patients. - Emergency care is a recurring strength, with owners highlighting overnight readiness, regular updates during hospital stays, and reassuring phone triage when pets became unwell out of hours. - Reviews also mention good surgical support, with attentive reception, nursing, and vet teams and follow-up checks during recovery.
Sunbeam Vets is a veterinary hospital in Cork and part of IVC Evidensia. It offers routine care alongside 24/7 emergency cover and higher-acuity services, with facilities including surgery, CT scanning, hydrotherapy, and separate cat and dog waiting and ward areas. Recent feedback is especially positive about emergency support, compassionate care, and follow-up, although some owners also mention concerns about costs and administration.
Services
- •24/7 emergency care and triage: The hospital is staffed around the clock with a night vet team. Reviews mention helpful phone triage in the evening, with the option to attend as an emergency overnight or come in the next morning if the pet stabilised.
- •Surgery and aftercare: The clinic has three surgical theatres, and reviews describe attentive support around surgical procedures, including recovery checks and follow-up visits.
- •Advanced and specialist facilities: Website information lists a CT scanner, including referral use, a hydrotherapy suite, and a comprehensive BOAS surgery package.
- •Species-specific care: Separate cat and dog waiting areas and wards are listed. One review also mentions a parrot being seen by an unnamed exotics vet for breathing issues.
Pricing
No published pricing information is currently available for this clinic.
People
No individual clinicians are named in the recent feedback. Reviews consistently praise the reception team, nurses, vets, and both day and night teams for clear communication, regular updates, compassionate handling, and strong follow-up; one owner also mentions an unnamed exotics vet.
Reviews
Google rating: 4.7/5 from 191 reviews.
- •Recent feedback is largely positive about the team’s kindness and professionalism, including compassionate support during euthanasia and strong day-to-day care for long-term patients.
- •Emergency care is a recurring strength, with owners highlighting overnight readiness, regular updates during hospital stays, and reassuring phone triage when pets became unwell out of hours.
- •Reviews also mention good surgical support, with attentive reception, nursing, and vet teams and follow-up checks during recovery.
- •A smaller number of reviewers raise concerns about rising prices, pet health plan changes, admin after a pet’s death, and bills not always matching earlier quotes.

