Pregnancy Counselling and Support

• Positive Options (list of service providers). Freetext LIST to 50444
• Irish Family Planning Association
• Dublin Well Woman
• Cura
• Life
• Women’s Health and Family Planning (UK) (Phone: 048 90325 488)
• Brook Belfast (For up to 19s. Phone: 048 90 328866 (from R. of Ireland) or 028 90 328866 (from NI)

Adoption

• Barnardos Adoption Advice Services
• Adoption Board

Women’s Health and Family Planning

• Donegal Women’s Centre
• Irish Family Planning Association
• Irish Health
• Women’s Health Clinic
• Irish College of General Practitioners

Contraceptive Helplines

• Irish Family Planning Association: 01 474 0944

Well Woman Medical Centres

• Lower Liffey St: 01 872 8051
• Ballsbridge: 01 660 9860
• Coolcock 01 848 4511
• For more information visit wellwoman.info

Northern Ireland Helplines

• Brook, sex advice and contraception for up to 19 year olds: 048 9032 8866 or 028 9032 8866
• Family Planning Association, Derry: 048 71 864333 or 028 71 864333

More Information About Sex And Growing Up For Teenagers

• Teenage Health Freak
• R U Thinking
• ChildLine
• Spunout
• The Site

Women’s Helplines

Rape/Sexual Abuse

• Dublin Rape Crisis Centre: 1800 778 888 (24 hour freephone, 7 days a week, 365 days a year)
• Galway Rape Crisis Centre: 1850 355 355 (Callsave)
• Sligo Rape Crisis Centre: 1800 750 780 (Freephone)
• Donegal Rape Crisis Centre: 1800 44 88 44 (Freephone)
• Women’s Aid

AIDS

• AIDS helpline Dubline: 1800 459 459 (Freephone)
• AIDS helpline Donegal: 074 91 25500
• AIDS helpline Cork: 021 276 676

STIs Testing

• Sligo: 071 91 70473
• Derry: 048 71 611269 or 028 71 611269
• Coleraine: 048 703 4628 or 028 703 4628

Support And Information Groups

• Cairde
• Dublin AIDS Alliance
• Red Riddon Project, Limerick
• The Terence Higgins Trust
• National Drug Treatment Centre, Trinity Court, Pearse St, Dublin: 01 677 11 22
• Avert

Sexuality

• Like It Is
• Gaire
• Linc
• GCN
• Lesbian Line Dublin: 01 872 9911
• North West Lesbian Line: 071 91 47905
• London Lesbian and Gay Switchboard

Health Service Executive Areas

• HSE North Western Area
• HSE Midlands Area
• HSE North Eastern Area
• HSE South Eastern Area
• HSE West Area
• HSE Project Management Unit

Government Departments

• Irish Government
• Department of Health and Children
• Department of Social and Family Affairs
• Department of Justice
• Central Statistics Office 

State Agencies/Bodies

• Equality Authority
• Fas
• Money Advice and Budgeting Service
• Women’s Health Council

Non-Profit Organisations

• Barnardos
• Combat Poverty Agency
• Dublin Rape Crisis Centre
• Pavee Point
• National Women’s Council of Ireland
• National Youth Council of Ireland

Information Sources – Health And Other Topics

• Citizens Information Database
• Health Promotion Unit
• Irish College of General Practitioners
• Health Hub