Free Home Testing — Available to All Dundalk Residents
The HSE offers free at-home STI test kits through sh24.ie. Order online, test at home, post your sample, get results by text or phone. Available to everyone aged 17+ in Ireland. Plain packaging, posted to any Dundalk address.
Free HSE Sexual Health Clinic in Dundalk
The local HSE service is free of charge. No GP referral required.
Sexual Health Clinic — Louth County Hospital
📍 Dublin Road, Dundalk, Co. Louth
📞 042 933 4701
Dundalk's free HSE sexual health and GUM (genitourinary medicine) clinic, based at Louth County Hospital. Provides full STI screening, HIV testing, hepatitis testing, treatment, and partner notification support. Phone for clinic times and booking — appointments preferred.
Also serves north Louth and the border region with Armagh / Newry.
Other Options
SH:24 Free Home STI Testing
🌐 sh24.ie
Free HSE-partnered home testing kit. Tests for HIV, chlamydia, gonorrhoea and syphilis. For everyone 17+ in Ireland. Plain packaging, posted to any Dundalk address.
Your GP in Dundalk
Any GP in Dundalk can arrange a full STI screen.
Cost is typically €50–€70, or free with a medical card or GP Visit Card. Ask for a "full STI screen". Find a GP →
Sexual Health Clinic — Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda
If Dundalk clinic timings don't suit.
GUIDE Clinic, St James's Hospital, Dublin
If you commute to Dublin and prefer a larger specialist clinic.
📞 01 416 2315. More Dublin options →
Dundalk, the border, and north Louth
Dundalk's clinic also serves north Louth — Carlingford, Omeath, Blackrock — and is the closest free Irish HSE option for many border-region residents. If you're in Northern Ireland, the NHS GUM clinic at Daisy Hill Hospital Newry is the local equivalent.
What happens at a Dundalk STI clinic visit?
The visit is usually 20–30 minutes. A clinician asks a few questions about why you're there, takes the relevant samples (urine sample, swab, blood depending on what's being checked), and you leave. Results in 7–14 days by text or phone. The whole thing is confidential and free.
Common worries about visiting the Dundalk clinic
- Confidentiality: Your visit and results are not shared with your GP unless you ask. Not on your medical record outside the clinic.
- Medical card not required: HSE sexual health services are free regardless of medical card status or PPS number.
- Walk-in vs appointment: Most HSE clinics now run by appointment. Phone first to check before walking in.
- Symptoms or not: You don't need symptoms. "I just want to know" is a complete reason.
HSE Helpline & Clinic Finder
For up-to-date clinic times and booking, call the HSE Sexual Health Line free on 1800 700 700 (Mon–Fri 8am–8pm, Sat 9am–5pm) or use the HSE clinic finder.
HSE Clinic Finder →Going to the Dundalk clinic — beyond the logistics
The clinic visit itself is the easy part — booking, samples, results, done in thirty minutes. What people actually worry about is the run-up to it (the anxiety, who finds out, what to say if a partner is involved) and the day after a result. These pillar pages cover that ground.
Not sure if you need a test? 30-second self-check →
Or zoom out: all free clinics in County Louth · the full hub · how testing works · symptoms — or not? · all Ireland directory
Important: Nothing on STI.ie is medical advice. HSE Sexual Health Line: 1800 700 700.