The Ashe Street Clinic

15/12/2025

Winter acute illness clinics will be running until Feburary - to make an appointment, please contact us on 066 71 25611

03/12/2025

Dr Soffe - honoured to be featured in this weeks women in medicine network

Week 48: Dr Karen Soffe

Dr Karen Soffe has been working as a GP in Tralee since 2004. She is also a GP trainer and LARC trainer.

She has been a BMS accredited menopause specialist and trainer since 2020.
She provides training to GP trainees and GPs through the ICGP locally and nationally.

She was involved in setting up the Complex Menopause Clinic in Cork University and Maternity Hospital.

She is a board member of the Menopause Society of Ireland (MSI) and this year is heading up the Social Inclusion committee of the MSI. The aim of this committee is to support projects to ensure that quality menopause care and information is available to all.

Her project “Leaving no woman behind”, a collaboration with the Kerry Traveller Health and Development Project, aimed to improve access to menopause care in the Traveller population, won Best oral presentation at the British Menopause Society conference in 2024. Phase 2 of this project is ongoing.

Further work is planned with other vulnerable groups such as women in homelessness, women with intellectual disability and migrant women.

20/11/2025

*IMPORTANT NOTICE*
Our internet is down at the clinic. We are working hard to resolve the issue. Please PHONE the clinic at 066 7125611 for queries, prescriptions, appointments etc. We can not access messages sent through the website or email. This will unfortunately cause delays. Please be patient.

11/11/2025

Please note - their is a power outage affecting 11,081 customers in Tralee.

As a result, we have no phone, email or computer access.

26/10/2025

Public Notice about this evenings parade.

⚠️ Change to Samhain Chiarraí Procession Schedule Due to Weather Conditions ⚠️

Due to adverse weather currently affecting Tralee, and in the interest of public safety, this evening’s 5:00pm Samhain Chiarraí Procession will no longer take place as scheduled.

Instead, the procession will now form part of tomorrow evening’s Cailleach Chiarraí Awakening Spectacle, followed by a Fireworks Display. 🎆

Revised Programme – Monday, 27th October:
🕖 7:00pm – Parade departs from Moyderwell to Castle Street and onto Denny Street
🔥 7:30pm – Cailleach Chiarraí Fire Spectacle
🎇 8:00pm – Fireworks Display

Thank you all for your understanding — we look forward to celebrating together tomorrow evening in Tralee! 🌕✨

25/10/2025

A gentle reminder that the clocks are about to change.

15/10/2025

Blood Donations are a vital asset to the medical profession.

Appeal for 12,000 blood donations over next four weeks

The Irish Blood Transfusion Service is urgently seeking an additional 12,000 blood donations over the next four weeks as most blood groups have fallen to under three days of stock.

10/10/2025

European Cyber Security Month.

A little reminder to be cyber safe.

Your home is your safe space - make sure your online world is too. Follow our easy steps to be cyber secure from home and help your loved ones - young and old – to stay protected.

20/09/2025

Big Night Ahead

Our very on Ranjna has been nominated for Practice Administrator of the Year at the National GPBuddy Awards taking place in Co. Meath tonight.

We're so proud of her and wish her the very best of luck!!

04/09/2025

The annual Flu & Covid vaccine is available from the clinic from October.

For more information, visit https://www2.hse.ie/conditions/flu/get-vaccine/

14/08/2025

For more information on this new initiative by local group The Chain Gang Cycling Club, tap the link below

https://eventmaster.ie/event/Y9vRtrOFjv

Tralee’s Chain Gang cycling club are ready to roll out a new initiative to encourage women to come back to or take up cycling.
In this week’s Kerry’s Eye - Women cyclists get Ready to Roll!

23/07/2025

Product recall.

Consumers are warned not to eat named products due to possible contamination with harmful bacteria