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Contraceptive pills can now be sold in Irish pharmacies without prescription

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LATEST: Contraceptive pills can now be sold in Irish pharmacies without a prescription

Pharmacists will now be able to dispense oral contraception without a prescription as part of a new government Bill. The Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly, will bring the plans to the Cabinet under the general scheme and draft of the Health ...

03 Oct 2023 at 10:33

National News

Calls for ‘urgent action’ to address sex education after contraception use drops

Calls for “urgent action” to address sex education in schools have been made after new figures revealed an increase in the number of young people not using contraception. Research by University of Galway shows that just under half of young ...

02 May 2024 at 10:22

National News

Free contraception for young women across Ireland to be made available from today

Free contraception will become available from today, September 14, for women aged 17 to 25 and could see savings of up to €470 on the cost of prescription contraception including contraceptive implant, injection, IUCD or IUS. The scheme ...

14 Sept 2022 at 11:55

Lifestyle

What you need to know about the morning-after pill and the proposed changes

The government is set to commission a free emergency contraception service in pharmacies in England, aiming to end the “postcode lottery” of access to the morning-after pill. The cost of the morning-after pill varies depending on the ...

31 Mar 2025 at 13:32

National News

Free contraception scheme expanded up to women aged 35

The free contraception scheme has been expanded to women up until age 35. The Minister for Health has announced that from July 1, any woman aged 17 to 35 will be covered to apply for the scheme. The scheme, which was launched in ...

03 Jun 2024 at 12:19

National News

Minister hails uptake of free contraception scheme

It is projected that 320,000 women in Ireland will have accessed an expanded free contraception scheme in 2024, Health Minister Stephen Donnelly said. The minister highlighted the uptake of the scheme, with data from January to ...

30 Dec 2024 at 00:01

National News

Government approves bill amendment to provide free contraception for young women in Ireland

The government took a decision today to move forward with a key Green Party Programme for Government commitment to provide free contraception on a phased basis, beginning with women aged 17 to 25. Cabinet approved an amendment ...

28 Jun 2022 at 15:20

Lifestyle

7 things you should know about the natural contraception method

New research has highlighted a notable shift in contraception use from traditional hormonal contraceptives, such as the pill, to fertility awareness-based methods, also known as natural contraceptive methods, in the last five ...

14 Jan 2025 at 06:00

National News

Government faces backlash over free contraception move

The Government's decision to roll our free contraception to women only between the ages of 17 to 25 has sparked criticism. It was announced in Tuesday's budget that the contraceptive pill will be free of charge for women in ...

13 Oct 2021 at 11:10

Lifestyle

Millions of women to be offered free contraceptive pills in pharmacies

Millions of women will be able to get free contraceptive pills on the high street without having to see a GP under new NHS plans. Starting next month, women in England can obtain a first prescription of the pill by ...

16 Nov 2023 at 08:14

Lifestyle

5 things that could make your contraception less effective

The UK’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has raised concerns about a possible link between popular weight-loss injections and contraception. To date, MHRA has received more than 40 ...

05 Jun 2025 at 12:46

Lifestyle

Davina McCall gets coil fitted on TV – everything you need to know about IUDs

Davina McCall has revealed that having a coil fitted was a “game-changer” and that before she had it, her PMT was “quite severe”. The TV presenter will be shown having her coil changed on screen, as part of ...

05 Jun 2023 at 08:15

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