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Ireland: good to know
- PEP in this country. PEP medicine is free in Ireland and must be started within 72 hours. In Galway the HSE lists a full PEP service at the University Hospital Galway sexual health clinic on weekdays by appointment and a PEP starter pack around the clock at the hospital's emergency department. HIV Ireland says an emergency department charges for the attendance itself when you come without a GP referral letter: currently €100 for EU residents and more for non-EU residents.Published by HSE· 22 Sep 2026
- What visitors pay. The public STI clinic at University Hospital Galway says its service is free of charge and takes self-referrals, and HIV Ireland says STI testing is free at public STI/GUM clinics. Neither says whether this applies to short-term visitors, so ask when you phone. HIV Ireland puts the emergency department attendance fee at €100 for EU residents and more for non-EU residents.Community-endorsed HIV Ireland· 22 Sep 2026
Emergency number: 112
- Galway GUM/STI Clinic (University Hospital Galway)Closed · opens 09:30 todaySeen with symptoms: YesPEP (after HIV exposure): Yes
The largest public STI clinic in the west of Ireland, free of charge and self-referral, which tests people with and without symptoms, treats what it finds in the clinic, runs PrEP and vaccination clinics and holds the HSE's full PEP service for Galway on weekdays.
- Sexual Health West (rapid HIV and syphilis testing)Closed · opens 09:00 todaySeen with symptoms: No
A free, confidential finger-prick HIV and syphilis test in under five minutes, on weekdays in the city centre with no booking, from the charity formerly known as AIDS West; it is not a full STI screen and the charity says it is not a clinic.
- University Hospital Galway Emergency DepartmentCheck hours with the clinicPEP (after HIV exposure): Yes
The emergency department the HSE names for a PEP starter pack in Galway outside the STI clinic's weekday hours, open 24 hours every day.
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