1,800 STI testing kits ordered in Cork, Kerry and Dublin in one week

Anyone with an address in Cork, Kerry or Dublin can order a test. Free follow-up services are available at HSE clinics in Cork and Dublin only.

More than 1,800 home test kits for STIs have been given out in Cork, Kerry and Dublin in just over a week by the HSE, as "pent-up demand" follows clinic closures due to Covid-19.

This is the second time this year the HSE has run this pilot. The launch in early January saw 4,921 orders flood the service in less than 24 hours. It had to temporarily pause the project while overwhelmed clinics caught up with those orders.