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GPs: Accepting new patients in Ireland

26 results · all of Ireland

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  1. Cara Medical Centre, Newcastle West, Co. Limerick: Front of the single-storey practice building from the road, with the Cara Medical Centre sign on the railing and the hanging sign showing (069) 77040; parked cars, no people

    Newcastle West, Co. Limerick

    Cara Medical Centre is a family GP practice at Gortboy in Newcastle West, Co. Limerick, founded in 1996 by Dr Miriam Murphy and Dr John Leonard, who still lead the team with a third doctor, practice nurses and reception staff. Alongside everyday general practice it covers contraception fitting, antenatal and postnatal checks, childhood and adult vaccines, travel medicine, minor surgery for registered patients and a full price list published on the site. Appointments are made by phone; the site has online forms for repeat prescriptions and general enquiries, and new patients are taken on in limited numbers through a patient enquiry form.

    • Medical card accepted
    • Blood tests
    • Flu vaccination
    • Blood pressure check

    Private patient consultation From €60 per visit

    Source: HSE, Find a GP and the provider’s website.

  2. Castletownbere, Co. Cork

    A rural GP practice in the primary care centre at Derrymihan West, Castletownbere, led by Dr Fiona Kelly with a second GP, two practice nurses and a phlebotomist; the current building opened in 2022. Consultations are by appointment, booked by phoning reception, and emergencies are seen the same day. The site lists a wide range of services including blood tests, antenatal care, vaccinations, minor surgery, women's and men's health, seafarer medicals and occupational health, with fees from 60 euro for a standard consultation.

    • Driving assessment
    • Medical card accepted
    • GP visit card accepted
    • Blood tests

    Standard GP consultation From €60 per visit

    Source: HSE, Find a GP and the provider’s website.

  3. Ennis, Co. Clare

    A large GP practice in a purpose built primary care building at Clareabbey outside Ennis, with nine doctors, four nurses and a phlebotomist, serving Ennis, Kildysart and Newmarket-on-Fergus. Routine appointments are made by phoning reception, and a paid online booking service covers a 10 minute express clinic and 15 minute private consultations with three named doctors. A full fee list effective from January 2026 is published, and a limited number of new patients are being taken on.

    • Medical card accepted
    • GP visit card accepted
    • Blood tests
    • Flu vaccination

    GP consultation €70 per visit

    Source: HSE, Find a GP and the provider’s website.

  4. Ballinteer, Co. Dublin

    A family GP practice in Grange Road Retail Park, Rathfarnham, led by Dr Sean O'Callaghan with three further doctors joining between 2020 and 2026. It sees private, medical card and GP visit card patients and takes part in the free under 8s scheme, though its medical card panel is frozen until January 2027. Appointments are Monday to Friday by phone, or online through the Pippo app for patients already registered. A detailed fee list effective from November 2025 is published.

    • Medical card accepted
    • GP visit card accepted
    • Blood tests
    • Flu vaccination

    GP consultation €70 per visit

    Source: HSE, Find a GP and the provider’s website.

  5. Bettystown, Co. Meath

    Bettystown Medical Practice is a GP practice founded in 1980, now based in Suite 2 on the first floor of Bettystown Primary Care Centre with four GPs, two practice nurses and an admin team. It is open to new patients, both medical card holders and private, who apply through an online enquiry form. Appointments are made by phone, repeat prescriptions can be requested through the website, and a price list is published.

    • Medical card accepted
    • Blood tests
    • Flu vaccination
    • Blood pressure check

    GP consultation €65 per visit

    Source: HSE, Find a GP and the provider’s website.

  6. Stepaside, Co. Dublin

    D18 Medical is a GP surgery in Belarmine Plaza, Stepaside, Dublin 18, run by Dr Clare McManus and Dr James Hayden with a practice nurse. It offers general consultations, blood tests, antenatal care, childhood vaccinations, contraception, chronic disease care and an acne clinic. Appointments are made by phone or email, and the fees are published on the website.

    • Medical card accepted
    • Blood tests
    • Flu vaccination
    • Blood pressure check

    GP consultation €65 per visit

    Source: HSE, Find a GP and the provider’s website.

  7. Raheen, Co. Limerick

    An appointment-based GP and dental centre in Church Hill Meadows, Raheen, founded by Dr Edita Gruodiene, with staff who speak English, Russian and Lithuanian. It offers GP consultations, home visits, in-clinic tests, family planning, allergy testing, STD checks, dentistry and a range of aesthetic treatments, and publishes a full price list. New patients are welcome and complete a health questionnaire before their first GP visit; the clinic is on the ground floor with disabled access and free parking.

    • Medical card accepted
    • GP visit card accepted
    • PRSI Treatment Benefit
    • Blood tests

    GP consultation with the practice principal €70 per visit

    Source: HSE, Find a GP and the provider’s website.

  8. Kinsale, Co. Cork

    A four doctor general practice in Kinsale town centre, founded in 1979, which also runs a second surgery at Haven Bay beside the community school. Both sites have ground floor entrances and are part of the Kinsale Primary Care Team. Appointments are made by phone or in person, with walk-in clinics each morning for urgent problems, and new patients are welcome. Basic fees are published, with a GP consultation at 65 euro.

    • Medical card accepted
    • GP visit card accepted
    • Blood tests
    • Flu vaccination

    GP consultation €65 per visit

    Source: HSE, Find a GP and the provider’s website.

  9. Ashbourne, Co. Meath

    A GP practice on the Dublin Road in Ashbourne with three doctors and two practice nurses, offering general medical care, paediatric care, antenatal care, contraception, menopause clinics, chronic disease care, vaccinations and nurse services such as bloods, dressings and ECG. Appointments are requested through the online form on the home page and confirmed by a phone call, or by phoning the clinic. New private patients can register online; medical card lists are closed at present. A 2024 price list is published.

    • Medical card accepted
    • GP visit card accepted
    • Blood tests
    • Flu vaccination

    GP consultation €65 per visit

    Source: HSE, Find a GP and the provider’s website.

  10. Greystones, Co. Wicklow

    A GP surgery near the marina on Trafalgar Road in Greystones, serving both medical card and private patients with antenatal and postnatal care, minor surgery, childhood vaccinations, chronic disease clinics and a nurse prescriber service. All consultations are by appointment, booked online through the PIPPO patient app or by phone for same day and urgent cases; surgery hours are weekdays 09:30 to 12:30 and 14:30 to 17:00. The practice is taking registration applications from people living in its catchment area, and EDoc at Loughlinstown covers nights, weekends and bank holidays.

    • Medical card accepted
    • GP visit card accepted
    • Blood tests
    • Flu vaccination

    Initial nurse consultation for Meningitis B vaccine (in person or by phone) €50 per consultation

    Source: HSE, Find a GP and the provider’s website.

  11. Kingscourt, Co. Cavan

    A family GP practice based in Kingscourt Primary Care Centre on the Kells Road, with four doctors, five nurses and five administrative staff. Appointments are booked by phoning the surgery between 08:30 and 17:30 on weekdays, with appointment slots in the morning and afternoon. New patients apply with a downloadable form and proof of address, and a fee list is published online.

    • Medical card accepted
    • GP visit card accepted
    • Blood tests
    • Flu vaccination

    GP consultation €55 per visit

    Source: HSE, Find a GP and the provider’s website.

  12. Portlaoise, Co. Laois

    A group GP practice at Parkside on the Abbeyleix Road in Portlaoise, founded in 1985 as a single-doctor practice and now in a purpose-built building with free parking and wheelchair access. It covers routine GP care, women's, men's and children's health, chronic disease management, vaccinations and minor procedures. Urgent appointments are made by phone; non-urgent appointments can be requested through the practice app or the request form on the website, and the practice is taking on new GMS and private patients from September 2026.

    • Medical card accepted
    • Blood tests
    • Flu vaccination
    • Blood pressure check

    GP consultation €65 per visit

    Source: HSE, Find a GP and the provider’s website.

  13. Galway

    A private walk-in GP clinic in the Tuam Road Retail Centre in Galway city that treats adults and children with no registration needed. Walk-in hours are 2pm to 7pm Monday to Friday and 2pm to 5pm on Saturday, with an online GP service from 12pm to 7pm Monday to Saturday. The clinic prefers contact by WhatsApp or text before attending. Alongside general practice it runs ultrasound, urology and screening clinics, with a full price list on the site; a standard consultation is 50 euro.

    • Blood tests
    • Ultrasound
    • Antenatal care
    • Walk-in, no appointment

    GP consultation €50 per visit

    Source: HSE, Find a GP and the provider’s website.

  14. Blackrock, Co. Louth

    A GP surgery on Main Street in Blackrock village, Co. Louth, in ground floor premises opened in January 2019, run by Dr Sunita Ramachandran with a second GP, Dr Conor Marmion, two practice nurses and an admin team. The practice is taking on new patients, mainly people new to the area or without a GP. Appointments are made by phone on weekdays; a full price list is published online.

    • Medical card accepted
    • GP visit card accepted
    • Blood tests
    • Flu vaccination

    GP consultation €65 per visit

    Source: HSE, Find a GP and the provider’s website.

  15. Belmullet, Co. Mayo

    A long established GP surgery on Quay Street near the pier in Belmullet, run since 2015 by Dr Fergal Ruane and joined by Dr Verity Hill, with two nurses and a phlebotomist. It sees private and medical card patients, runs chronic disease clinics for heart disease, diabetes, asthma and COPD, and offers antenatal, childhood vaccination, contraception and minor surgery services. Appointments are made by phoning reception; a limited number of new patients are taken through an online waiting list.

    • Driving assessment
    • Medical card accepted
    • Blood tests
    • Antenatal care

    Source: HSE, Find a GP and the provider’s website.

  16. Co. Cork

    South Terrace Family Practice is a two-doctor GP practice in South Terrace Court, Cork city, run by Dr Shirley Cotter and Dr Alasdair FitzPatrick. It provides general GP care, children's health and vaccinations, maternity care, travel vaccinations, 24 hour blood pressure monitoring, ECG, diabetes and cholesterol screening, sexual health and contraception, dermatology and pre-employment medicals. Appointments are made by phone, and the practice says it is open to people looking for a new doctor.

    • GP visit card accepted
    • Flu vaccination
    • Blood pressure check
    • Antenatal care

    Source: HSE, Find a GP and the provider’s website.

  17. Ballinlough, Co. Cork

    A two-GP surgery with a practice nurse and midwife in the Ardfallen Medical Centre on the Douglas Road in Cork, next to the Briar Rose. Alongside general care it runs dermatology, lipoedema, women's health and antenatal clinics, and offers screening, vaccinations, ECG, blood pressure monitoring and STI testing. Consultations are by appointment, requested by phone or through the appointment request form on the website, and new private and medical card patients can register.

    • Medical card accepted
    • Blood pressure check
    • Antenatal care
    • Accepting new patients

    Source: HSE, Find a GP and the provider’s website.

  18. Dublin 6, Co. Dublin

    A new GP surgery that opened in March 2026 on the first floor of The Swan Shopping Centre in Rathmines, with two GPs, wheelchair access and an underground car park. Consultations are by appointment made by phone, and the practice is taking on new medical card and private patients through an online registration form. Fee amounts are shown on a poster image rather than as text.

    • Medical card accepted
    • Blood tests
    • Antenatal care
    • Postnatal care

    Source: HSE, Find a GP and the provider’s website.

  19. Dublin 7, Co. Dublin

    A long-established GMS practice on Cabra Road in Dublin 7, now run as part of the Clarius Health group alongside clinics in Camden Street and Crumlin. It sees medical card, GP visit card and private patients, is open to new registrations, and offers same-day appointments and walk-ins by phoning the clinic. A private consultation is quoted at 60 euro for 15 minutes.

    • Medical card accepted
    • GP visit card accepted
    • Blood tests
    • Antenatal care

    Private GP consultation, 15 minutes €60 per visit

    Source: HSE, Find a GP and the provider’s website.

  20. Cork

    A newer GP surgery in Douglas village, Cork, in a spacious wheelchair accessible building with parking behind it. It sees medical card and private patients, runs chronic disease clinics, and has recently added travel vaccinations including yellow fever. All consultations are by appointment made by phone, and a limited number of new patients can join through an online waiting list form.

    • Medical card accepted
    • GP visit card accepted
    • Blood tests
    • Antenatal care

    Source: HSE, Find a GP and the provider’s website.