'It's a straightforward procedure': Getting a tattoo was a lot worse than ‘the snip’

A new ‘no-scalpel’ method for vasectomy has made the procedure less invasive, with it taking less than an hour.

Dr. Colin Irwin who has opened a new vasectomy clinic at Blackrock Hall Primary Care Centre, Cork. Picture: David Creedon.

Sean is in his early 40s, “happily” married, and knew he was going for “the snip”. He was fully satisfied with the reasons why. What he wasn’t expecting was how straightforward the procedure would be.

“Getting tattooed was a lot worse,” he says.