Health Region Contacts

HSE Dublin and Midlands

HSE Dublin and Midlands covers the following areas:

  • Dublin South City
  • Dublin West
  • Dublin South West
  • Kildare
  • West Wicklow
  • Laois
  • Offaly
  • Longford
  • Westmeath

List of hospitals in HSE Dublin and Midlands

Name: Arlene Crean, Regional Director, Communications and Public Affairs
Phone: 086 796 8640
Email: Media.DubMidlands@hse.ie
For out-of-hours (urgent only) media queries, please text 086 796 8640. Non-urgent media queries or media queries that require extensive data gathering cannot be facilitated outside of normal working hours. This email inbox is not monitored outside of office hours.

For comms specific to Voluntary Hospitals

Joanne Coffey
Communications, Tallaght University Hospital
Phone: 01 414 3035
Email: Joanne.Coffey@tuh.ie

Caoimhe Nic Allabroin
Head of Communications, St James’s Hospital
Phone: 01 410 3002
Email: communications@stjames.ie

Communications, The Coombe Hospital
Phone: 01 408 5735

Cara Kavanagh
Head of Communications, Children’s Health Ireland
Phone: 087 037 8717
Email: press.office@childrenshealthireland.ie
Out of hours phone: 087 402 4940 (this phone number cannot accept text messages)

HSE Dublin and North East

HSE Dublin and North East covers the following areas:

  • North Dublin
  • Louth
  • Meath
  • Monaghan
  • Most areas of Cavan

List of hospitals in HSE Dublin and North East

Name: Rosaleen Harlin, Regional Director, Communications and Public Affairs
Phone: 087 664 2172
Email: Rosaleen.Harlin@hse.ie
Email: hospitalcomms.dne@hse.ie

For comms specific to Voluntary Hospitals

National Orthopaedic Hospital, Cappagh
Rotunda Hospital
Beaumont Hospital
The Mater Hospital

HSE Dublin and South East

HSE Dublin and South East covers the following areas:

  • South-East Dublin
  • Carlow
  • Kilkenny
  • South Tipperary
  • Waterford
  • Wexford
  • Most areas of Wicklow

List of hospitals in HSE Dublin and South East

Email: Media.Dublinsoutheast@hse.ie
Out of hours phone: 087 683 4904

For comms specific to Voluntary Hospitals

Jennie Cotter
Communications Manager, St Vincent's University Hospital
Elm Park, Dublin 2
Phone: 086 776 1890
Email: jcotter@svhg.ie

HSE Mid West

HSE Mid West covers the following areas:

  • Clare
  • Limerick
  • North Tipperary

List of hospitals in HSE Mid West

Elaine Connolly
Director of Communications and Public Affairs
Phone: 087 646 0124
Email: elainem.connolly@hse.ie
Email: hsemidwest.media@hse.ie

Mike Dwane
Media and Public Affairs Manager
Phone: 087 965 5215
Email: michael.dwane@hse.ie
Email: hsemidwest.media@hse.ie

Keith Watterson
Media Officer
Phone: 087 104 8116
Email: keith.watterson@hse.ie
Email: hsemidwest.media@hse.ie

HSE West and North West

HSE West and North West covers the following areas:

  • Donegal
  • Leitrim
  • Sligo
  • West Cavan
  • Mayo
  • Galway
  • Roscommon

List of hospitals in HSE West and North West

Caroline Crawford, Regional Director, Communications and Public Affairs
Phone: 087 765 4628
Email: presswestnorthwest@hse.ie

HSE South West

HSE South West provides health and social care services to:

  • Cork
  • Kerry

List of hospitals in HSE South West

Wendy Good
Press and Media Officer
Phone: 087 188 1646
Email: Press.SouthWest@hse.ie

Aoife Ni Drisceoil
Press and Media Officer
Phone: 087 476 1138
Email: Press.SouthWest@hse.ie

Suzanne Sisk
Phone: 086 029 5359
Email: Press.SouthWest@hse.ie

Mary Smithwick
Phone: 087 400 6811
Email: Press.SouthWest@hse.ie

Out of Hours:
HSE Duty Officer
Phone: 087 227 4605