Pharmacy things worth knowing

Aoife Byrne

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Grand, so this one's less "gallery opening" and more "stuff I actually use my pharmacy brain for" \u2014 the reference books, the late-night dispensing chemists, the odd bit of kit that saves your life at 2am. Compiled between hospital shifts and the occasional gin, for anyone who's ever wondered what's actually in the cabinet.

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Pharmacy things worth knowing — 8 items
Name	Type	Category	Address	City	Opening Hours	Best For	My take
1Uni-pharm Naas Road	Pharmaceutical wholesaler	Trade supplier	Unit 3, Greenhills Road, Tallaght, Dublin 24	Dublin	Mon-Fri 8am-6pm	Trade stock for pharmacies	Not somewhere you'd wander into for a browse, but the back-end of the job that keeps shelves stocked \u2014 deadly efficient
2Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Library	Medical library	Academic institution	123 St Stephen's Green, Dublin 2	Dublin	Mon-Fri 8am-10pm term time	Pharmacology journals and quiet study	I still pop in for journal access \u2014 the reading room has a hush to it that no hospital corridor ever will
5Irish Pharmaceutical Union offices	Professional body	Trade association	Butterfield House, Butterfield Avenue, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14	Dublin	Mon-Fri 9am-5pm	CPD courses and pharmacy news	The union that quietly keeps the whole profession sane \u2014 grand people to have on your side during a rota row
6National Museum of Ireland Collins Barracks medical exhibits	Museum	History of medicine display	Benburb Street, Dublin 7	Dublin	Tue-Sun 10am-5pm	Old apothecary jars and surgical kit	Ten minutes from my front door in Stoneybatter and I still find something new every visit \u2014 the old medicine cabinets are gas
8Trinity College Dublin School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences	Academic department	Pharmacy education	College Green, Dublin 2	Dublin	Mon-Fri during term	Public talks and open days	Where a lot of my colleagues cut their teeth \u2014 walking those cobbles still makes me nostalgic for exam dread
9St James's Hospital Pharmacy Department	Hospital pharmacy	Acute hospital service	James's Street, Dublin 8	Dublin	24 hours	Complex inpatient dispensing	Not my ward but I know the corridors well \u2014 the scale of the place still gets me every time I visit
11Irish Medicines Board archive at Earlsfort Terrace	Regulatory body	Medicines regulation	Kevin O'Malley House, Earlsfort Centre, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2	Dublin	Mon-Fri 9am-5pm	Checking licensed medicines and recalls	Deadly boring to look at from outside, genuinely fascinating once you know what goes on inside
12Chester Beatty Library medical manuscripts	Museum and library	Historic manuscripts collection	Dublin Castle, Dublin 2	Dublin	Tue-Sun 10am-5pm, free admission	Old herbal and healing manuscripts	Free in, gorgeous rooftop garden after \u2014 I've dragged half my gin club here on a rainy Sunday