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Looking After the Community’s Eyes
Established in 2008, Byrne's Opticians is an Independently owned practice in New Ross, Co Wexford. At Byrne's Opticians, we strive to provide a consistently top-quality service to all our patients. As a standard, we wish to continuously improve the service provided, and for this reason, we have top of the range optical equipment installed with our partners Zeiss and Topcon.
In October 2022, we moved to a larger premises at 61 South Street which is in the heart of New Ross (where the Cloth Hall used to be). In this new location, we have increased our offering and now have three testing rooms, one which is still on the ground floor for our patients who are unable to use the stairs. These demonstrate our long-term project of caring for the eyecare needs of our community and customers for many years to come.
Meet the Team
John Byrne
Optometrist and Owner
John Byrne
Optometrist and Owner
John established practice in 2008 on the Quay, New Ross. Prior to this he worked in Jennings Opticians in Thurles and KW opticians in Athy and Cashel where he gained invaluable experience. He has over 20 years’ experience in Optometry, and he qualified from Optometry in DIT Kevin Street in 2004. In his spare time John enjoys spending time with his family and playing soccer and golf if he gets the time. He is also a keen Liverpool supporter and enjoys a trip to Anfield whenever he gets the chance.
Mary Counihan
Optometrist
Mary Counihan
Optometrist
Mary completed her BSc in Optometry in 2006 from Dublin Institute of Technology and joined the team in 2017. Prior to this Mary worked for over ten years in a progressive private independent practice. Since qualifying she has continued to advance her professional development by completing a range of post graduate courses in numerous areas of Optometry. Mary delights in researching new advancements in Optometry and associated technologies in order to offer the best in customer care. She enjoys all aspects of Optometry especially specialist contact lens fitting, low vision assessment, diabetic and paediatric Optometry. Mary is extremely friendly and very thorough. She has built up a great relationship with her patients since joining the practice. Mary is a big Waterford supporter, but we don’t hold that against her!
Chloe Power
Optometrist
Chloe Power
Optometrist
Chloe is our wonderful Optometrist with a first-class honours degree from TU Dublin. She has been part of our team for the last 7 years. She is renown for her thorough examinations, acute patient care and her dazzling interpersonal skills. No task is too large or too small for Chloe. She has a stellar work ethic and personality to match.
Catherine Byrne
Manager
Catherine Byrne
Manager
Catherine has been part of the Byrne Opticians team since 2010 and has been invaluable to the practice. She has exceptional customer service skills and has a great eye when it comes to picking frames for our customers.
Muriel Power
Optical Assistant
Muriel Power
Optical Assistant
Muriel has been helping out in the practice since the beginning and she is a vital cog in the wheel for many of the jobs that go on behind the scenes. (Mostly the jobs John doesn’t want to do!). Her previous experience in customer service and as an accountants mean she shows great diversity in all that she does.
AnnMarie Heffernan
Optical Assistant
AnnMarie Heffernan
Optical Assistant
Ann Marie is our newest member of staff and comes from previous experience in the retail industry. She has really added to the practice and shows a real want to constantly expand her knowledge in optics. She is really kind and friendly and is a great asset to the team.