Niall was a very friendly and told me loads of information within my hour of treatment. I would…read moredefo go back for more Acupuncture.

Michael O'Brien has been my doctor for many years now, and every time I visit, he is always chatty…read morebut cares absolutely about your health. He will happily chat about any aspect of your health for as long as you need, and you never feel rushed. He's also a bit of a sci-fi and music fan, which helps put you at ease if you're nervous. I'm almost reluctant to recommend him so highly because it's hard enough to get an appointment as is!

My son Niall visited the Rise got support with Very thickened big toe nail…read more We were delighted with the friendliness and care. Thank you Jarrod Niall Flynn

Disappointed. Appointment time very short. Nails not cut…read morestraight. Not much moisturising cream used or time spent.

After a recent diagnosis i have started attending Joy for accupuncture. She is a kind, patient,…read morecaring and skilled practitioner. Highly recommended.

Joy Lennon is a quack who lives in Clontarf, a lady who my father sees on a regular basis. Joy has…read moresome sound medical training in that she is a nurse (NOT a GP though, I must point out at this point). As well as her real medical qualification, Ms. Lennon is also a "trained" homeopath and acupuncturist. Now, some of you may have heard a lot of pros and cons about this whole homeopathy lark: it's just water, and homeopaths themselves admit as much. Only they think that it's magical water. It's pretty weird. Herbal medicine has been around a very long time, it's advocates point out. Yes it has. The stuff that works becomes "medicine", without the herbal prefix, and the stuff that doesn't work is just bits of twigs and such. My Dad goes to see this lady every couple of months. The usual diagnosis he receives is "You're intolerant to wheat". Now, I'd like to point out that in any of the previous fifty-odd years of my father's life, no actual real doctors have ever noticed this intolerance to wheat, and that Ms. Lennon is no way qualified to make this diagnosis. Nor has she ever cured this alleged intolerance to wheat, so I don't see why he keeps going to her. But every couple of months he does, and writes a nice cheque at the end, too. He brought me there once, and she pricked with little needles that had been rubbed with wheat and milk and cat fur and such. I seem to remember the results were inconclusive, but I don't think that I'm bothered by wheat or dairy or cat fur, and if I was, you can bet your arse that I'd go to see a real doctor who'd been through medical school and not some kooky lady peddling woo to gullible members of the middle classes. Phew, that feels better.

Dr Dermot Rafter is a superb GP. Pleasant and ultra professional…read more He is also an excellent Botox practitioner. Excellent results and very reasonable rates. I highly recommend.

Since my arrival in this country I have yet to see a good example of GP. Dr. Dermot Rafter has not…read morechanged my opinion. I went to the Rafters for 3 years first to Dr Yvonne Rafter who showed absolutely no signs of any interest in my presence or of being a GP. Then to Dr Dermot Rafter. Though he was more compassionate or caring, I had a bad experience when I went in for travel vaccinations. You'd think when your GP advertises that they provide these vaccinations they would know what you need. Imagine my surprise when he started consulting a chart and then the Internet (right there in front of me!). On one of my followups he didn't even have the vaccination required! If this wasn't bad enough, the vaccinations ended up costing over 100 euro more than what was quoted in the beginning. This was the final straw for me and I have not been back since. When you're paying a premium, as I did in the Rafter office, you would expect the doctor to at least have done his homework before you arrive. For this reason, I must give a bad review.

Highly recommended. Was lucky to get a sane day appointment. Simple facility but the doctor was…read moreexcellent., Very good "bedside manner" was able to successfully diagnose and treat the issue.

I fall down the stairs so often I think I'm going to start listing it as one of my hobbies! And…read morewell I did something to my big toe, and after suffering for a bit it occurred to me that the frozen peas might not be the medical experts i took them for. Anyway I had previously noticed this new(ish) walk in Dr's surgery, which I thought I could use. Mostly I use the college doc but it was too far to hobble. So off I hobbled to this surgery with its odd, but actually quite convenient opening hours. The reception area is a bit off-putting. There is no receptionist... but there is CCTV and it's assumed that the waiters will organise themselves in the order in which they came into the holding area (it honestly felt more like a holding area than a waiting room). With the austere surroundings I though the doctors would not be nice, but actually the doctor I met with was really lovely and quite sympathetic to my dislocated (as it turns out) toe. The price of the visit was pretty high too, higher than my own GP by a bit. All in all the place was handy in my hobbling 'emergency' but I wouldn't like to go their regularly... it's bad enough feeling sick without going somewhere that makes you feel like you've also committed a crime. Yes, these things matter!