Local Essentials
The practical stuff most travel sites skip. Everything you need to know before visiting Carrigaline, from parking to pharmacies.
Emergency Services
General Emergency
112 or 999
Garda Station
Carrigaline Garda Station, Main Street, Carrigaline, Co. Cork, P43 HN40, +353 21 491 9370
Cork University Hospital (CUH), Wilton Road, Wilton, Cork, T12 DC4A. 24-hour Emergency Department, all ages, about 15 km (roughly 25 to 35 minutes by road, traffic depending) north of Carrigaline. Carrigaline itself has no Emergency Department.
+353 21 492 0200Carrigaline Medical Practice
Carrig House, Station Road, Carrigaline, Co. Cork
+353 21 437 3555Daytime GP surgery; phone lines open from early morning Monday to Friday.
One of several GP practices serving the town; Carrigaline also has a HSE Primary Care Centre at the Estuary Business and Technology Park, Kilnagleary, housing GP and HSE services and a pharmacy. For non-emergency illness when surgeries are closed, SouthDoc is the Cork and Kerry out-of-hours GP service (phone first; check the current SouthDoc number for the nearest treatment centre). Carrigaline has no emergency department; the nearest 24-hour A&E is Cork University Hospital.
For emergencies dial 112 or 999. The nearest Emergency Department is Cork University Hospital in Wilton, not in Carrigaline; for non-emergency illness when surgeries are closed, SouthDoc is the Cork and Kerry out-of-hours GP service (phone first). Attending an ED costs €100 without a medical card or GP referral. On the harbour and the estuary, mind the tide and keep children clear of the water at the slips and the bridge.
Pharmacies
Carrigaline town pharmacies
Main Street and the town-centre shopping centres, Carrigaline, Co. Cork
Carrigaline is a town of around 17,000 and is well served by pharmacies, including branches in the town-centre shopping centres and on Main Street, plus a pharmacy at Carrigaline Primary Care Centre. For late-night, Sunday or bank-holiday cover, larger options are a short drive away in Douglas and Cork city; in a medical emergency dial 112 or 999.