Welcome to the website of the National Poisons Information Centre, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.

Our main function is to provide information to doctors and healthcare professionals, to assist them in the management of acute poisoning. This service for professionals is available 24 hours per day and 365 days a year.

Parents and those caring for young children can also contact us on
01 809 2166 for urgent advice if they suspect accidental poisoning has occurred.  Currently, this service for the public is available from 8am to 10pm, every day.  At all other times contact your GP service or a hospital emergency department for advice.  Click here for GP co-op telephone numbers. 

All telephone calls are recorded and data stored electronically for quality assurance and training purposes.  

We hope that you will find this website interesting and informative.  Please use our contact form to tell us which parts of the site you found most useful, or to let us know about information you would like us to add in the future.  DO NOT send urgent queries by e-mail.  We check e-mails daily Monday – Friday and we aim to respond within one week.