Patient & VisitorInformation

The Mater Hospital

For detailed information on The Mater Hospital including contact information for all departments and outpatients visit The Mater Hospital Website

Visiting Times

The care of the patient is the first concern of our hospital. To facilitate medical and nursing care, visitors should adhere to the visiting times in The Mater Hospital.

2.00 - 4.00 pm daily
6.30 - 8.00pm daily

Useful numbers in the hospital are:

Main Hospital Number:	01- 8032000
Outpatient Appointments:	01- 8032295
Physiotherapy Appointments:	01- 8032260
X-Ray Appointments:	01- 8032274
Eye Outpatient Appointments:	01- 8034090

Transport

Car Parking
Parking for visitors and patients is not available within the hospital grounds. A car park for visitors is situated in Eccles Street between the Mater public and the Mater private hospitals. Parking costs Euro 2.00 per hour. The car park is open between 7.30 a.m. and 9 p.m. Monday to Friday. Eccles Street is a disk parking area. Parking disks may be purchased from the Mater Hospital shop or from a dispensing machine on Eccles Street adjacent to the entrance to the Phase 1A Ward Block. There is a set-down collection point for patients located at the entrance to the Phase 1A Ward Block.

Taxis
A taxi rank is located opposite the front steps of the main hospital building.

Bus
Dublin Bus provides a service to the hospital environs as follows:

Bus Stop	Number
Eccles Street	121
Dorset Street	3 11/11A 16/16A 36/36A
Berkeley Road	10
North Circular Road	22/22A

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