Previously trading as RH Major Opticians but owned by Fiona Lonergan FBDO since 2004, we provide a range of specialist eyecare products and services to meet every need.
"It is our pleasure to advise you, whatever your eyecare needs, and look forward to helping you to keep your business local."
As a new patient with Optique Vision, you will be allocated one hour for your eye examination. We provide a thorough and detailed assessment of your vision, spectacle prescription and eye health, as well as a discussion of your visual tasks and visual environment. The Comprehensive Eye Examination includes an OCT scan, a quick, non-invasive (generally requires no drops) scan which can detect eye disease before it affects vision, and can even detect general health issues also. At your follow up eye examinations, the OCT will be performed according to your eyecare needs, ideally at every visit.
Clare is committed to continuous professional development, keeping informed about advances in all aspects of optometry. Optique Vision regularly invests in the latest equipment in order to enhance the patient experience and the optical precision of the eye examination. If you or a family member have an eye disease such as Age Related Macular Degeneration, Diabetic Retinopathy or Glaucoma please inform Clare so she can monitor your eyes for tiny changes before they become an issue which affects your vision.
Your PRSI (employees and self-employed persons with sufficient PRSI contributions) or Medical Card will cover the basic checks of vision and eye health. The OCT scan (a quick, non-invasive scan, generally requiring no drops, which can detect eye disease before it affects vision, and can even detect general health issues) is a 30 Euro supplement. At your first visit, we will always perform the OCT to obtain baseline measurements.
Optique Vision has provided corporate eyecare services for many local companies over the years. According to EU legislation, Employers must provide an eye examination for all VDU users.
Optique Vision have provided thorough eye examinations for the employees of local companies for over 20 years. A full eye examination at Optique Vision includes a VDU screening. We also carry a comprehensive range of safety spectacles, suitable for most types of industrial protection. Employers are obliged to provide safety spectacles for employees where required. As a local business, Optique Vision would like to support business owners in Clonmel and surrounding areas to promote and provide excellent eyecare for all employees.
We start with a chat about the visual status and the eyes, and the overall health of the child. We also like to know what your child is interested in, and how they spend their time, and if there are any tasks they avoid (it is useful for you to ask their teacher/child- minder/creche if they have noticed any issues also). Then it’s time to play some vision games and have some fun! Parents/Guardians even get to take part too!
An eye examination for a child is different to that for an adult, and much more fun! At Optique Vision, we take great care to make all children feel very welcome, and very special.
Sometimes Clare may ask for permission to insert a drop into your child’s eyes. Cyclopentolate (1%) relaxes the accommodation and gives a true reflection of the child’s spectacle prescription. She will advise the child that the drop feels cold but only very briefly, it doesn’t sting. After counting to ten, the eye will feel back to normal again. As well as your child’s vision, we also check how well the two eyes are working together (binocular vision) and the health of the eyes.
Some further testing may be needed at a later date – Clare will discuss the results of all the tests and advise what is necessary – watch and review; spectacles; or referral for further investigation.
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The much beloved classic that remains timeless while always innovating in style, Ray-Ban offer both eye glasses and sunglasses, both with and without a prescription.
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Photochromic lenses that adjust to different light conditions automatically. All Transitions lenses offer 100% protection from UVA and UVB rays and help filter out blue-violet light¹ from bright sunlight, even when you are indoors. By regulating the amount of light that reaches your eyes, Transitions lenses help minimise glare, for more comfortable vision.
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*Protection against UV and blue-violet light filtering. (Blue-violet light is between 400 and 455nm as stated by ISO TR 20772:2018)
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Fiona is our proprietor and dispensing optician, recently celebrating 20 years at the helm of Optique Vision. She graduated from the Dispensing Programme, City University, London in 1994 and collaborated with Richard Major, Senior, in Clonmel until 1998. She then managed Major McGrath Opticians, Waterford for five years.
As a Tipperary native, Fiona was delighted to return to Clonmel to take over RH Major Opticians Clonmel in January 2004 and provide excellent, professional, friendly eye-care service to the people of Clonmel and surrounding areas since then. She is renowned for her ability to choose the perfect frame for everyone, as well as the perfect lens type to suit your visual needs and environment.
Clare joined the practice in 2019 with a wealth of experience both in Ireland and the UK. She has 5 years of hospital experience in The Institute of Eye Surgery in The Whitfield Clinic and has undertaken much research in that setting, with several published papers.
She has a keen interest in myopia control, medical retina, dry eye and paediatrics. A graduate of DIT in 1998, she is a member of the Association of Optometrists and registered with Coru.
Based in Optique Vision since May 2008, joining us with over five years experience, Tina has extensive optical knowledge. Tina oversees all optical laboratory operations and clinic management. She prides herself on the quality assurance practices she has established and implemented in our optical laboratory.
When it comes to dispensing, patients appreciate Tina's engaging, genuine personality and keen sense of style. These traits lend themselves perfectly to frame and optical lens selection. Tina's creativity and passion for design and fashion is obvious from her beautiful and eye- catching frame and window displays.
Megan is a Student Dispensing Optician with ABDO College in the UK, and joined the practice in November 2022. The aim of a dispensing optician is to provide customers with the very best in eyecare lens technology and expert frame styling. Taking your frame choice and lens options and transforming them into the perfect pair of glasses just for you!
She has 9 years optical experience in total and a wonderful manner with adults, learning from Fiona, but just loves to help dispensing children. Getting the shy ones to open up and be excited about their new glasses and making it a fun experience for the boisterous ones. Megan wants everyone to enjoy their optical journey as she knows just how daunting and stressful it can be for some people…until they meet us!
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Optique Vision has a state of the art software programme and do our best to keep the amount of paper to a strict minimum. We encourage all our customers to opt for phone, text or email communication. We offer our patients a spectacle recycling service - old spectacles are donated for redistribution to developing countries or recycling.