Welcome to Clondalkin Family Practice!
Clondalkin Family Practice was established in October 2022 and we celebrated our 3rd birthday in our Boot Rd premises in February 2026. Our team has continued to grow over the last year and you can read more about us HERE. As of July 2025, there will be five doctors at CFP as well as the rest of our excellent clinical and administrative teams.
We are constantly trying to improve the clinic and really want to provide a great clinical service to our patients. As always, if you have any comments or feedback, please have a word with our practice manager Nicola or one of the doctors.
Our Patient Portal allows patients to cancel appointments and request results, certs for work and prescriptions without having to contact the clinic by phone. This ensures an efficient, speedy response to requests while keeping phone lines free for patients who require an appointment.
New Patients
New patient registration has now closed. We will spend the next couple of months working through the recent applications and will reopen applications in October.
Clinic Updates
Introducing our two new doctors in the clinic!
After working with us for a year, Dr Niall and Dr Eddy will be moving on to the final stage of their GP training. They will be dearly missed by the rest of the team and certainly by many patients that have gotten to know them well in the last year. We wish them all the best in the final year of their training and might even see them back in CFP at some stage in the future!
Taking their places are Dr Ewa and Dr Mags who will be with us from July 2026 to July 2027. Mags has most recently been working in psychiatry and Ewa has moved from The Meridian Clinic in Blanchardstown. You can read more about them in the About Us section. We look forward to you all getting to know them in the months ahead and they will undoubtedly be a valuable addition to our team.
Retirement of Ann Forder
After being with us since the founding of Clondalkin Family Practice in 2022, Ann retired from the clinic in April 2026. As the clinic developed and grew from two doctors and Ann into a seven room clinic with a fourteen-member team, Ann was always there to provide leadership, wisdom and foresight. While her exceptional organisational skills helped keep our clinic running efficiently, it was her caring and devoted nature to Clondalkin Family Practice’s patients that was particularly valued. She knew when to gently remind patients of their appointment that they might otherwise forget, she linked and chatted with older patients as they walked the length of the corridor to see the doctor or nurse and she could be found sitting and comforting a patient when needed.
While entering a new phase without Ann at the helm will pose significant challenges, we are all equally excited for her to move on to the next (hopefully less stressful!) phase of her life and a well earned break! She tried particularly hard during the last few months to bid farewell to those of you she knows best but you never know - we might be able to entice her back for the occasional shift to reconnect with us and the patients she cares so much about!
New service - Roaccutaine (Isotretinoin) Treatment for Acne
We are pleased to announce that Dr Irina Berkun has completed additional specialist training and is now able to prescribe Roaccutaine (isotretinoin) for appropriate patients with moderate to severe acne.
Traditionally, patients needed to wait for a hospital dermatology appointment to access this treatment, which resulted in long waiting times. Following this additional training, we are now able to offer assessment and treatment within the practice.
How the service works - Roaccutaine is a powerful medication that requires careful monitoring. Treatment involves a structured programme of care
Initial Comprehensive Consultation - A detailed consultation with the doctor to assess whether Roaccutaine is safe and suitable for you. This includes a full medical review and discussion of risks, benefits and monitoring requirements.
Ongoing monitoring - If treatment is commenced, patients will require monthly follow-up appointments for safety monitoring. These visits typically involve a brief review with the nurse and may include blood tests and contraception advice where appropriate.
Important Information - The treatment requires regular monitoring and careful supervision. The service is not covered by the medical card - specialist private consultation and monitoring fees apply - see under Fees.
If you are interested in discussing whether Roaccutaine might be suitable for you, please contact reception and request a Roaccutaine Initial Consultation. Please note: Roaccutaine is only prescribed when clinically appropriate following a full assessment.
Contacting the Clinic
When you call the clinic on (01) 9125290 during office hours, you will be given a number of options via a voice menu including the option to leave a voicemail if you wish to cancel / reschedule an appointment, request a prescription or request a note for work or social welfare cert. A staff member will then get in touch with you in relation to one of these 3 specific requests.
In order to make an appointment, you will need to hold and speak with a member of staff in person as we will need to appropriately triage the request. We will not be able to respond voicemails requesting appointments or advice on clinical issues.
The option to request results, prescriptions, certs for work, appointments for smear tests etc via the website remains active and we encourage patients to use this as a first option if they have the ability to do so. You can visit our Patient Portal HERE.
Giving us 24 hours notice if you cannot attend your appointment is incredibly important. It is very frustrating for us when a patient does not show and has not given us notice as it means a wasted slot that could have been used for another of our patients who may need to be seen urgently. Please remember to cancel appointments online or by phone as soon as possible.