The pet care division of the US food multinational Mars spent €40 million acquiring Irish veterinary practices last year, new accounts for its subsidiary Linnaeus Veterinary Ireland suggest. Following its establishment in March 2021, the Irish holding unit of the group reported adding five subsidiaries at a €40 million valuation. They acquisitions were South Dublin’s Blackrock Veterinary Clinic from vet Eamonn Moore, and a multi-practice deal with another vet, Michael Woods, comprising his own Primrose Hill Veterinary Clinic in Dún Laoghaire as well as the MyVet network of practices in Dublin’s suburbs of Lucan and Firhouse, and in Maynooth, Co…

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