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WI-FI HOT SPOTS

Wi-fi (wireless internet) is a handy mobile alternative to plugging into a local area network (LAN). Many public places offer access to wi-fi networks so that customers can use the internet on the move. Try the following hot spots for free access: Chester Beatty Library, Market Bar or the Globe.

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Medical Services

Should you experience an immediate health problem, contact the casualty section (emergency room) of the nearest public hospital; in an emergency, call an ambulance ( 999). There are no 24-hour pharmacies in Dublin; the latest any stay open is 10pm.

Baggot St Hospital (Map; 668 1577; 18 Upper Baggot St; 7.30am-4.30pm Mon-Fri) Southside city centre.

City Pharmacy (Map; 670 4523; 14 Dame St; 9am-10pm)

Dental Hospital (Map; 612 7200; 20 Lincoln Pl; 9am-5pm Mon-Fri, from 8am for pre-booked appointments) If you need to get those choppers looked at; if you don’t have an appointment, head in after noon.

Doctors on Call ( 453 9333; 24hr) Request a doctor to come out to your accommodation at any time.

Eastern Regional Health Authority (Map; 679 0700, 1800 520 520; www.erha.ie; Dr Steevens’ Hospital, Steeven’s Lane; 9.30am-5.30pm Mon-Fri) Central health authority with Choice of Doctor Scheme, which can advise you on a suitable GP from 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday. Information services for those with physical and mental disabilities.

Grafton Medical Centre (Map; 671 2122; www.graftonmedical.ie; 34 Grafton St; 8.30am-6.30pm Mon-Thu, to 6pm Fri) One-stop shop with male and female doctors, physiotherapists and a tropical medicine bureau.

Mater Misericordiae Hospital (Map; 830 1122; Eccles St) Northside city centre, off Lower Dorset St.

O’Connell’s Pharmacy Grafton St (Map; 679 0467; 21 Grafton St; 9am-10pm); O’Connell St (Map; 873 0427; 55-56 Upper O’Connell St; 9am-10pm)

St James’s Hospital (Map; 453 7941; James St) Southside.

Well Woman Centre Lower Liffey St (Map; 872 8051; www.wellwomancentre.ie; 35 Lower Liffey St; 9.30am-7.30pm Mon, Thu & Fri, 8am-7.30pm Tue & Wed, 10am-4pm Sat & 1-4pm Sun); Pembroke Rd (Map; 660 9860; 67 Pembroke Rd, Ballsbridge; 10am-7.30pm Mon-Wed, 8am-7.30pm Thu & Fri, 10am-4pm Sat) For female health issues. Supplies contraceptives, including the morning-after pill (€65).

Money

There are currency-exchange counters at Dublin airport in the baggage-collection area, and on the arrival and departure floors. The counters are open 5.30am to 11pm.

There are numerous banks around the city centre with exchange facilities, open during regular bank hours.

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THE DUBLIN PASS

If you’re planning some heavy-duty sightseeing, you’ll save a packet by investing in the Dublin Pass (adult/child 1-day €35/19, 2-day €55/31, 3-day €65/39, 6-day €95/49). Not only do you gain free entry to 27 attractions but you also can skip whatever queue there is by presenting your card; it also includes free transfer to and from the airport on the Aircoach (Click here). The Dublin Pass is available from any of the Dublin Tourism offices (below).

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First Rate (Map; 671 3233; 1 Westmoreland St; 8am-9pm Mon-Fri, 9am-9pm Sat, 10am-9pm Sun Jun-Sep, 9am-6pm Mon-Sat Oct-May)

Post

An Post (Map; 705 8206; www.anpost.ie; St Andrew’s St)

General Post Office (Map; 705 7000; O’Connell St; 8am-8pm Mon-Sat) Dublin’s famed general post office has a free poste-restante service, a philatelic counter and a bank of telephones.

Telephone

Talk Shop ( 9am-11pm); Temple Lane (Map; 672 7212; The Granary, 20 Temple Lane) For cheap international phone calls.

Tourist Information

No tourist information offices in Dublin provide any information over the phone – they’re exclusively walk-in services.

All telephone bookings and reservations are operated by Gulliver, a computerised information and reservation service that is available at all walk-in offices or from anywhere in the world. It provides up-to-date information on events, attractions and transport, and can also book accommodation. You can book via www.visitdublin.ie