IT’S a long way from Munich to Galway, but for Vera Lichtenhahn, she has firmly settled into life on the west cost of Ireland. As well as working as a veterinary surgeon in Galway, she also works for herself as a chiropractic for equines and canines.

Surrounded by horses from an early age, it came as no surprise that her love of animals sent her on a career path in veterinary medicine. In 2008, she began studying veterinary medicine at the LMU Munich, Germany and qualified in 2014.