Testing – Where to test

Le HSE Sexual Health & Crisis Pregnancy Program (SHCPP) teste un projet de dépistage des ITS à domicile pour l’Irlande en partenariat avec le fournisseur de dépistage des ITS en ligne SH:24. Le service est testé dans les comtés de Cavan, Clare, Cork, Donegal, Dublin, Galway, Kerry, Kildare, Laois, Leitrim, Limerick, Louth, Mayo, Meath, Monaghan, Offaly, Roscommon, Sligo, Tipperary, Wicklow. Cela signifie que toute personne âgée de 17 ans et plus, ayant une adresse dans ces comtés, peut commander un test IST gratuit à son domicile. Les kits de test à domicile comprennent des tests de dépistage de la chlamydia, de la gonorrhée, de l’hépatite B, de l’hépatite C, de la syphilis et du VIH.

• Les kits de test STI peuvent être commandés sur SH:24.ie.
• Les kits seront postés au domicile de la personne qui en fait la demande.
• Des instructions seront fournies sur la manière de remplir le kit de test, avec une assistance disponible auprès de l’équipe clinique de SH:24 par téléphone ou SMS.
• Une enveloppe timbrée et adressée est fournie pour renvoyer le kit de test rempli au laboratoire.
• Les résultats seront envoyés dans les 72 heures suivant l’arrivée de leurs échantillons au laboratoire.
• Toute personne ayant un résultat positif sera soutenue par l’équipe clinique de SH:24 pour accéder au traitement.

Gay Men’s Health Service Clinic

Meath Primary Care Centre, Heytesbury St, Dublin 8, D08 HX97
Telephone: (01) 921 2730 // Website: www.gmhs.ie

GMHS services are open and free to gay and bisexual men, men who have sex with men and the trans community.

Admin: 9am to 5pm Monday to Thursday. Phone: 01 9212730. Deaf or hard of hearing clients can email: gmhsclinic@hse.ie

The STI clinical services are for all gay, bisexual and men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender people.

The service is free, friendly and confidential. Please note: this is a sexual health service only and we will refer clients to other services for other health needs.

Spoken language interpretation services are available and must be booked one day in advance.

For Deaf service users, please email us in advance to book an ISL interpreter for your visit.

Outhouse

105 Capel Street Dublin 1.
Telephone: 01 873 4999 // Website: www.outhouse.ie

Third Saturday of every month:

GMHS in collaboration with Outhouse & Gay Switchboard Ireland.

This is an asymptomatic clinic i.e. If you have no symptoms but would like a routine check-up on your sexual health.

This clinic is for gay and bisexual men, MSM and transgender women.

This is a drop-in service. Places are limited and so patients are seen on a first-come-first-served basis.

The clinic opens at 1:30pm and will close at 3pm or when all places have been filled.

HIV Ireland

70 Eccles Street, Dublin 7.
Telephone: 01 8733799 // Website: www.hivireland.ie

Second & Fourth Wednesday of every month:

This service offers a full HIV & STI test.

This clinic is for all men and women.

This is a drop-in service. Places are limited and so patients are seen on a first-come-first-served basis.

The clinic opens at 1:30pm and will close at 3:30pm or when all places have been filled.

This is a free service.

MPower

Community Rapid HIV Testing,
70 Eccles Street, Dublin 7.
Telephone: 01 8733799
Website: https://mpower.hivireland.ie

The MPOWER Programme is a suite of peer-driven community-level interventions which aim to achieve a reduction in the acquisition of HIV and STIs and an overall improvement of sexual health and wellbeing among gay, bisexual and men who have sex with men (gbMSM) and trans people.

MPOWER Services include:

• Community Rapid HIV Testing – BOOK ONLINE HERE
• HIV Self Test – ORDER ONLINE HERE
• Community Outreach Services
• Free Condom and Lube Service – ORDER ONLINE HERE
• Advocacy

St. James’s Hospital, GUIDE Clinic

James’s Street, Dublin 8.
Telephone: 01 4162315 // Website: www.guideclinic.ie

Walk-In:

Monday from 9am (Present at 8:00am for tickets),

Tuesday and Thursday from 1:30pm (Present from 9:00am for tickets and return in the afternoon for the clinic)

Appointment: (must be referred by a GP)

Fridays from 9am-1pm.

This service offers a full HIV & STI test.

This clinic is for all men and women.

Mater Misercordiae Hospital

Infectious Diseases Unit, Eccles Street, Dublin 7.
Telephone: 01 8032063

Appointment Only:

Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday from 1.45pm – 6pm.

This service offers a full HIV & STI test.

This clinic is for all men and women.

This is a free service.

Beaumont Hospital

Department of Infectious Diseases, Beaumont, Dublin 9.
Telephone: 01 8093006

Thursday:

Walk-in or appointment from 10am to 12noon.

This service offers HIV testing only.

This clinic is for all men and women.

This is a free service.

Carlow District Hospital,
Carlow

• Telephone: 051 842646
• By appointment only: Tuesdays 12.30pm 2.30pm
• How much: Free of charge

Portlaoise STI Clinic,
St Fintan’s Hospital, Dublin Rd, Portlaoise, Co Laois

• Telephone:  086 8591273
• By appointment only: Tuesdays 5:15 – 6.30pm
• How much: Free of charge

Midland Regional Hospital,
Mullingar, Co. Westmeath

• Telephone: 086 416 9830
• By appointment only: Thursdays 9:00am to 1:00pm
• How much: Free of charge

Louth County Hospital,
GUM Clinic, Outpatients Dept, Dublin Rd, Dundalk, Co Louth

• Telephone: 086 8241847
• By appointment only: Tuesdays 2pm-5pm and Fridays 1.30pm -4.30pm
• How much: Free of charge

Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital,
Drogheda, Co. Louth

• Telephone: 086 824 1847
• By appointment only: 1st and 3rd Fridays of each month, 9:00am to 11:30am
• How much: Free of charge

Mid-Western Regional Hospital,
Ennis, Co Clare

• Telephone: 061 482382
• By appointment only: Monday 9:30am
• How much: Free of charge

South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital,
Old Blackrock Road, Cork

• Telephone: 021 4966844
• By appointment only: Monday, Tuesday & Thursday, 9am-12:30pm, Wednesday 2pm-4.30pm
• How much: Free of charge

Youth Health Services,
Penrose House, Penrose Quay, Cork

• Telephone: 021 4220490
• Preferably by appointment: Tuesday & Friday 9am – 1pm
• How much: Free of charge
• For young people aged 21 and under

KNOWNOW CORK

KNOWNOW LIMERICK

University Hospital Limerick, Dooradoyle, Limerick

• Telephone: 061 482382
• By appointment only: Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 9am.  Thursdays 2pm
• How much: Free of charge

Mid-Western Regional Hospital,
Nenagh, Co Tipperary

• Telephone: 061 482382
• By appointment only: Wednesday 2:30pm
• How much: Free of charge

South Tipperary General Hospital,
Clonmel, Co. Tipperary

• Telephone: 051 842646
• By appointment only: Wednesdays 2pm.
• How much: Free of charge

Waterford Regional Hospital,
Waterford City

• Telephone: 051 842646
• By appointment only: Mondays 9am-11am and 2pm-3.30pm. Tuesday to Friday, 9am-11am
• How much: Free of charge

Tralee Regional Hospital,
Tralee, Co Kerry

• Telephone: 021 4966844
• By appointment only: Every second Thursday
• How much: Free of charge

University College Hospital,
Infectious Disease Clinic, Newcastle Road, Galway

• Telephone: 091 525 200
• Walk in Clinic: Wednesday and Friday 8:50am
• Appointments service: Monday from 2pm
• How much: Free of charge

Portiuncla Hospital,
Ballinasloe, Co Galway

• Telephone: 090 9648372
• By appointment only: Thursday 2pm-5pm
• How much: Free of charge

Mayo General Hospital,
Humbert Way, Castlebar, Co Mayo

• Telephone: 094 9021733
• By appointment only: Tuesdays 9.30-1pm
• How much: Free of charge

AIDS West Rapid HIV Testing
Teach Solais LGBT+ Resource Centre,
Merchants Road, Galway

• Last Tuesday of each month
• By appointment from 5:00pm – 8:00pm
• Contact 091 566266 / info@aidswest.ie
• Free of charge

Sligo Regional Hospital,
GUM Clinic, The Mall, Co Sligo

• Telephone: 071 9170473
• By appointment only: Tuesday and Thursday from 6pm
• How much: Free of charge

Letterkenny General Hospital,
GUM/STI Clinic, Letterkenny, Co Donegal

• Telephone: 074 9123715
• By appointment only: Thursday 5.30pm to 9pm
• How much: Free of charge

Monaghan General Hospital,
GUM Clinic, Outpatients Dept, Monaghan, Co Monaghan

• Telephone: 086 8241847
• By appointment only. Tuesday 9am to 12:30pm
• How much: Free of charge

Royal Group Hospital,
GUM Clinic, Level 3 Outpatients Dept, Grosvenor Road, Belfast BT12 6BA

• Telephone: 028 9063 6477/6483 (048 from ROI)
• By appointment only: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday from 9am.
• How much: Free of charge

The Rainbow Project,
LGBT Centre, 1st Flr, Old Memorial Hse, 9 -13 Waring Street, Belfast

• Telephone: 028 9031 9030 for an appointment (048 from ROI)  
• Website: www.rainbow-project.org
• How much: Free of charge

The Rainbow Project,

in partnership with the Royal GUM clinic, organise free, confidential sexual health testing and support clinics at various community venues:

• The Rainbow Project’s offices at the LGBT Centre
• Pipeworks Sauna, Belfast
• Outside Sauna, Belfast
• Cage Sauna, Derry
• The clinics operate a walk-in service (no appointment necessary). Check www.rainbow-project.org for scheduled dates/times.

Portadown Health and Care Centre Clinical Zone,
Ground Floor, Tavanagh Ave, Portadown, Armagh

• Telephone: 028 3083 4215 (048 from ROI)
• By appointment only: Nurse-led clinic on Tuesday 9am to 4pm
• How much: Free of charge

Causeway Hospital, GUM Clinic,
Outpatients Department 2, 4 Newbridge Road, Coleraine, BT52 1HS

• Telephone: 028 7034 6028 / 7872 (048 from ROI)
• Walk in clinic: Tuesday evenings, register by 5pm and Friday afternoons, register by 1:30pm
• Appointments services: Nurse-led clinic Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday 9:30am – 12:30pm.
• How much: Free of charge

Altnagelvin Area Hospital,
Anderson House, Glenshane Road, Derry BT47 1SB

• Telephone:  028 7161 1269 (048 from ROI)
• By appointment only: Monday 9:30am – 11:30am & 4pm – 7pm, Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday 9:30am – 11:30am & 1:30pm – 4pm, Friday 9:30am – 11:30am
• How much: Free of charge for residents of the North. People coming from the Republic of Ireland would be charged £205.

Tyrone County Hospital,
Sexual Health Clinic, Outpatients Dept, Omagh, BT79 0AP

• Telephone: 028 8283 3189 (048 from ROI)
• By appointment only: Wednesday 1pm – 6pm
• How much: Free of charge

Down Hospital,
Sexual Health Clinic, Outpatients Dept, 2 Struell Wells Road, Downpatrick, BT30 6RL

Telephone: 028 4483 8133 (048 from ROI)

• By appointment only: Monday 9am-12pm; Wednesday 3:30pm – 6:30pm & Friday 8:30am – 12pm
• How much: Free of charge

Bangor Community Hospital,
Castle Street, Bangor, County Down

• Telephone: 028 4483 8133 (048 from ROI)
• By appointment only: Nurse-led clinic on Monday 9am to 12pm
• How much: Free of charge

John Mitchell Place Health Centre,
GUM Clinic, Hill Street, Newry, BT34 2BU, Co Down

• Telephone: 028 3083 4215 (048 from ROI)
• By appointment only: Monday 2pm – 5:30pm; Wednesday & Friday 9am – 12:30pm
• How much: Free of charge