Only total abstinence from sexual contact offers 100% protection from pregnancy and STIs. Almost half of men (45%) and a quarter (26%) of women agreed that drinking alcohol had contributed to them having sex without using contraception. (ICCP, 2004). Be Drink Aware. (www.drinkaware.ie) You may not know if you have an STI. Up to 86% of women and 50% of men with gonorrhoea have no symptoms. (HPSC, 2008) Lots of people do not know when a woman’s most fertile time in her cycle is. Recent research found that only 31% of men and 56% of women knew a woman’s most fertile time. (ISSHR, 2006) Young people aged 20-29 have the highest rate of sexually transmitted infections. (HPSC, 2008) 16% of 18 to 24 olds did not use contraception on the most recent sexual encounter because sex ‘had not been planned’. (ISSHR, 2006) Plan Ahead, and Think Contraception if there is a chance you may have sex. In the space of ten years, there has been a 700% increase in cases of Chlamydia in Ireland. (HPSC, 2008) Practicing ‘Double Dutch’ (using condoms with other methods of contraception) will help you to have safer sex and prevent unplanned pregnancy and STIs. Vomiting, diarrhoea, antibiotics and some other prescribed drugs can interfere with the effectiveness of the pill. In all instances another method of contraception should be used. The majority of contraception is 99% effective BUT only if used correctly and consistently.

Find a Service

It is good sexual health practice to get an STI check regularly. The map below contains information on some STI clinics and services available in Ireland, click on your county to find the nearest STI service.

Get advice from your doctor, a family planning clinic, an STI clinic, Student Health Service or genito-urinary medicine (GUM) clinic if you are worried about STIs.

STI clinics/services and crisis pregnancy counselling agencies

Leinster

Dublin Well Woman Centre

Lower Liffey Street Tel: 01 872 8051
Ballsbridge Tel: 01 660 9860
Coolock Tel: 01 848 4511
www.wellwomancentre.ie

Irish Family Planning Association Medical Centres

5/7 Cathal Brugha Street, Dublin 1.
Tel: 01 872 7088 / 874 2110
Level 3, The Square
Tallaght, Dublin 24
Tel: 01 459 7685/6
www.ifpa.ie

Femplus Clinic

Blanchardstown
Tel: 01 821 026
www.femplus.ie

STI Clinic, St James Hospital

01 416 2315/6

STI Clinic, Mater Hospital

01 8032063/8034780

Midlands Crisis Pregnancy Counselling Service

1800 20 08 57

Life Pregnancy Care Service

1890 28 12 81

CURA

1850 62 26 26

One Family

1890 66 22 12 or 01 662 9212

Pact

1850 67 33 33

Dundalk Institute of Technology
Health Services – STI screening(limited screening, will refer onto STI clinic)

Dublin Rd
Dundalk
Co. Louth
Tel: 042 9570452

Institute of Art Design and Technology Health Services – STI screening

Kill Avenue
Dun Laoghaire
Co. Dublin
01 2144760

Institute of Technology, Blanchardstown
Health Services – STI screening

Blanchardstown Road North
Dublin 15
Tel: 01 8851105

Dublin Institute of Technology
Health Services – Chlamydia testing only

Aungier Street
Dublin 2
01 4023614

Dublin Institute of Technology
Health Services – Chlamydia testing only

Bolton Street
Dublin 1
01 4023051

Trinity College Dublin
Health Services – STI screening

College Green
Dublin 2
01 8961556

University College Dublin
Health Services – Chlamydia testing only

Belfield
Dublin 4
01 7163133

HIV & Hepatitis testing only

Baggot St Hospital 1800 201 187 or 01 6699500
Beaumont Hospital 809 3006

Connaught

Ballinasloe STI Clinic

090 9648 372 (extension 676)

Castlebar STI Clinic

094 9021733 ext 3501

Galway Family Planning Clinic

091 562 992

Galway STI Clinic

091 525200

Sligo G.U.M Clinic

071 9170473

Mayo Crisis Pregnancy Support Service

1890 20 00 22

Ballinasloe Crisis Pregnancy Support Service

1850 20 06 00

National University of Ireland, Galway
Health Services – STI screening (€20 charge for screening)

University Road
Galway
091 492604

 

Munster

Cork Family planning Clinic

021 427 7906

Carlow STI Clinic

051 842646

Clonmel STI Clinic

051 842646

Cork STI Clinic

021 4966844

Ennis STI Clinic

061 482382

Limerick Family Planning Clinic

061 312 026

Limerick STI Clinic

061 482382 & (061 316661 Sexual Health Helpline)

Nenagh STI Clinic

061 482382

Tralee Family Planning Clinic

066 712 5322

Tralee STI Clinic

021 4966844

Waterford STI Clinic

051 842646

Youth Health Service

021 422 0490/1

Sexual Health Centre, Cork

021 427 6676/021 427 5837

Kerry Crisis Pregnancy Counselling Service

Family Planning & Women’s Health Clinic, Tralee

066 712 5322

Kerry Counselling Centre, Tralee

066 712 2931

Southwest Counselling Centre

064 36416/064 36474

West Cork Crisis Pregnancy Counselling Service

1890 25 23 59

University College, Cork
Health Services – Chlamydia testing only

Cork City
Co. Cork
021 4902311

Institute of Technology, Tralee
Health Services – STI screening

Clash
Tralee
Co. Kerry
Ireland
066 7191679

Limerick Institute of Technology
Health Services – STI screening

Moylish Park
Limerick
061 490106

Athlone Institute of Technology
Health Services – Chlamydia testing only

Dublin Road
Athlone
Co. Westmeath
090 6424693

Waterford Institute of Technology
Health Services – STI screening (limited screening, will refer onto STI clinic)

Cork Road
Waterford
Co. Waterford
051 302873

Ulster

Altnagelvin STI Clinic

048 71611269

Belfast STI Clinic

048 90 63 4050

Coleraine STI Clinic

048 703 46027/8

HIV Support Centre Northern Ireland

048 9024 9268

Newry STI Clinic

048 30835000 Ext: 2243 or 5050

Letterkenny Institute of Technology Health Services – Chlamydia testing only

Port Road
Letterkenny
County Donegal
074 9186855