Our Team

Shane Howard B.Sc (Pharm) M.A MPSI MPSA

Owner & Superintendent Pharmacist

Owner and Principal Pharmacist, Shane Howard, is a third generation pharmacist with his father and grandfather pharmacist before him.The Kilrush native – who has lived in Galway for the past 15 years – studied Pharmacy in Trinity College Dublin and worked in Leo Laboratories and Elan Pharmaceuticals before founding Howard’s Pharmacy 10 years ago. Shane is also a registered pharmacist in Australia, having worked in Melbourne and specialising in extemporaneous dispensing there. Now Shane sees community pharmacy as his top priority, with particular interest in Patient Counselling, Patient Medication Reviews, Monitored Dosage Systems (Blister Packs) and Flu-Vaccination.

Laura Mooney B.S.(Pharm) M.Pharm MPSI 

Managing Pharmacist

Pharmacist Laura Mooney is a native of Salthill in Galway city. She completed a Pharmacology degree in NUIG before completing a Pharmacy degree with the University of Brighton.

 

Laura initially joined the team at Howard’s Pharmacy 8 years ago where she worked as a pharmaceutical technician while completing her studies and has been a full-time pharmacist at Howard’s since March 2012. On graduation, Laura trained originally in a Hospital based setting, however has chosen community pharmacy as her speciality as she favours the more personal approach to patient care.

Ruth Cunningham

Pharmaceutical Technician

Mags Heffernan

Pharmaceutical Technician

Emma Gordon

Pharmaceutical Technician

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