About Boots Ireland
We are a leading pharmacy-led health and beauty retailer with 89 Boots Ireland stores and just over 2,000 employees.* Established in Ireland since 1996, the Boots brand is at the heart of the communities it serves
Discover Boots Ireland
Boots Ireland's purpose is to help customers look and feel better than they ever thought possible. Customers are at the heart of the Boots Ireland business. We are committed to providing exceptional customer and patient care, being the first choice for pharmacy and healthcare and offering innovative products 'only at Boots', such as No7 – all delivered with the great value our customers love.
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Our highly skilled beauty consultants offer our customers free beauty advice, and our trained pharmacists offer customers quality health and wellbeing advice.2Our new Essentials range includes great quality toiletries from prices as low as 65c, and all of the products are created and developed by Boots.
3We have one of the most generous loyalty schemes on the high street, giving our customers an amazing 3 points per €1 with our Advantage Card.
Boots for value
Our dedication to offering great value has remained unchanged and because we believe that our customers deserve great quality and value all year long, we check thousands of prices every single week. This keeps us up to date with what's happening in the market so we can be more competitive.
But we believe value is about more than just price. We bring great value to our customers in lots of other ways including fantastic promotions throughout the year, expert health and beauty advice and 3 points per €1 with our famous Advantage Card. Our customers can also sign up for extra benefits, such as our More Treats For Over 60s scheme.
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Committed to offering innovative and fantastic new products
We do this through our brand expertise along with our strong product development and sourcing capabilities.
Many of our product brands, such as No7 skincare and make-up, hold market leading positions in the UK and are growing fast in both profile and market penetration.
Almost all of our innovative, unique products are developed in our own product development, testing and customer evaluation facilities in Nottingham, UK. These unique facilities provide us with a significant skills and resource base to evolve and grow our product portfolio, giving our customers innovative and fantastic new products.
Our stores
We're here to help our customers look and feel better than they ever thought possible.
Our larger Boots health and beauty stores offer destination shopping with a wide range of products including all Boots leading brands. Our flagship stores also offer beauty halls with beauty consultants and premium cosmetics. Our Boots Dublin Airport T2 store has targeted ranges to meet the needs of our customers when they're travelling.
And we will reach even more of our customers where they want us by continuing to acquire new pharmacies, putting pharmacy at the heart of our communities.
Our dedicated team, located in Dublin, supports our stores and customers.
Find a store
Flagship store
Our widest range of products & services, big on new beauty.
Health & Beauty
Edge of town, convenience & high-street stores.
Local pharmacy
*Healthcare-focused community stores.
Airport
For travelling customers’ last minute needs.
Our pharmacies
We're on a mission to provide our customers and patients with great healthcare products and services, which help them look and feel better than they ever imagined.
Healthcare at Boots is not just about dispensing prescriptions, but also about offering expert advice to all our patients and customers, ensuring they get top quality patient care in a location that is convenient to them.
When you visit one of our pharmacies, we promise to:
- Put you and what you want first
- Help you as quickly as we can
- Be friendly and treat you with respect
- Listen to your ideas on how we can improve and act on them when we can
- Sort out any problems quickly and efficiently
- Use everyday language, without medical jargon
- Give you impartial and confidential advice
- Suggest other services that might be of help
- Give you useful leaflets and information
If we don't, please let us know. We take our promises seriously.
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Our heritage
At the heart of our business is our commitment to our customers and patients.
From the humble beginnings of both Alliance Pharmacy and Boots, key figures have had the vision to push boundaries and seek new solutions. Today it's this same spirit that powers our business, helping us make a real difference.
Environmental, social and governance
Irish Cancer Society
Boots Ireland have partnered with the Irish Cancer Society since 2012 and the partnership has grown and evolved to become a core element of our ESG programme which includes fundraising, volunteering, raising awareness of cancer as well as early detection.
To date, since partnering with the Irish Cancer Society, we have raised over €4 million for the Irish Cancer Society’s Night Nursing service, which is a nationwide service providing free end of life care, allowing patients to remain in their own homes as well as giving much needed respite to family members and loved ones. This has helped to provide over 10,350 nights of Night Nursing care and has been achieved through a programme of fundraising activities and events taking place across all of our stores throughout the year culminating in our annual ‘Boots Night Walk for Night Nurses’. This fantastic achievement would not have been possible without the generosity and support of our customers and patients.
Boots Night Walk
Our Night Walk happens in September each year, and you can sign up to join us at an in-person walk that takes place in Dublin’s Phoenix Park, or sign up to join us from afar and complete your own 3.5km walk at a location of your choosing.
Alongside the walk, Honour Tags are sold in Boots stores nationwide for €3. Customers can purchase a tag in honour of someone who has survived or passed from cancer. The Honour Tags provide space to reflect or remember someone affected by cancer. Colleagues from Boots and members of the public come together at the Night Walk to reflect, remember and honour these individuals affected by cancer. The Night Walk is also an opportunity to honour with gratitude the work of the Irish Cancer Society Night Nursing Service and the invaluable care they provide.
You can show your support by making a donation or signing up to complete the walk and setting up your own fundraising page at www.bootsnightwalk.com which includes full details of the event.
Throughout the course of the partnership, we have been awarded:
- National Fundraising Ireland Awards - Best Corporate Charity Partnership
- Chambers Ireland Sustainable Business Impact Awards (formerly Chambers Ireland CSR Awards) - Community - Partnership with a Charity MNC
- Irish Healthcare Awards - Pharmaceutical Social Commitment Project of the Year
We have utilised our skills as a healthcare and beauty provider with the launch of the Boots Irish Cancer Society Information Pharmacist which complements the role of the Boots Cancer Beauty Advisor. Both roles help people in dealing with the effects of cancer by providing advice in helping them to both look and feel better.
Business in the Community’s (BITC) Business Working Responsibly Mark
Boots once again in 2025 achieved the highly coveted Business Working Responsibly Mark, a powerful testament to its unwavering commitment to ethical and sustainable practices. This marks the fifth consecutive time the retailer has earned the prestigious certification, underscoring over a decade of leadership in responsible business.
First awarded the Mark in 2013, Boots Ireland pioneered the way as the country's first retailer to achieve this independently audited standard for Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) practices. More than ten years later, this renewed certification isn't just a badge; it's a clear reflection of the company's continuous, tangible efforts to create a positive impact on its people, the communities it serves, and the planet we all share.
The Business Working Responsibly Mark, awarded by Business in the Community Ireland and rigorously audited by the NSAI, is reserved for companies that consistently go beyond mere compliance, deeply embedding responsibility into every facet of their operations. Boots Ireland's re-certification highlights its ongoing, impactful work across critical areas including comprehensive employee wellbeing programs, vibrant community engagement initiatives, robust environmental performance, and exemplary corporate governance.
Stephen Watkins, Managing Director of Boots Ireland, commented: “At Boots, our purpose is deeply rooted in caring for our colleagues, serving our customers, and enriching the communities we are privileged to be a part of. Our simple yet powerful goal is to leave everyone we meet better for the experience. That core value drives every decision we make, and this re-certification is a fantastic affirmation that we are truly on the right path.”
Dementia: Understand Together
Boots Ireland is a partner of the Dementia: Understand Together campaign* and by providing training to all staff, we're working towards providing and promoting a dementia-inclusive environment across all of our retail and pharmacy outlets.
The training which was developed with the Dementia: Understand Together campaign* helps colleagues to identify people with dementia when they visit a store or pharmacy and the ways in which a staff member can facilitate a dementia-inclusive experience for the customer.
*Led by the HSE in partnership with the Alzheimer Society of Ireland and Age Friendly Ireland, the Dementia: Understand Together campaign is one of six key priorities of the Irish National Dementia Strategy.
Shine
We've partnered with Shine (formerly See Change) - The National Mental Health Stigma Reduction Partnership, since 2017.
Shine’s mission is working positively to reduce the stigma and discrimination associated with mental health problems and to ensure that everyone enjoys the same rights on an equal basis.
Through the National Green Ribbon campaign, the aim is to make the month of September every year synonymous with promoting open conversations on mental health and challenging the stigma associated with mental health problems.
Show your support this September by popping into your local Boots store to pick up a green ribbon (which are free of charge and subject to availability). Boots Ireland is proud to be a national distributor on the Shine Green Ribbon campaign.
For more information on the Shine Green Ribbon campaign visit the Shine website or to find out about additional supports for those affected by mental health problems you can visit the HSE website.
Safe Pharmacy
Boots Ireland initially partnered with Safe Ireland in June 2020 to provide a safe space for those experiencing domestic violence amidst COVID-19. This partnership was recognised in the Chambers Ireland Sustainable Business Impact Awards in 2021.
Boots Ireland is delighted to now partner with the Irish Pharmacy Union on the Safe Pharmacy initiative. As part of this initiative we offer a safe private space in our pharmacies where persons experiencing domestic abuse can get access to a phone and contact details for local support services.
Local community support
Our stores support in local communities across the country utilising the talents of our colleagues in skill based volunteering.
Boots Ireland would like to thank all our customers for your on-going support across all of our corporate responsibility initiatives.
Gender Pay Gap reporting
In accordance with the Government's Gender Pay Gap Regulations, Boots Ireland has published its Gender Pay Gap Report as of June 2024.
Hygiene Hub
Boots Ireland has partnered with Hygiene Hub Ireland, providing drop off points in 26 stores where people can donate hygiene products which are provided to those in need. People are invited to donate a range of unopened and unused products such as dental products, deodorants, body wash, nappies, baby wipes, razors and shaving foam, period products, hairbrushes, shampoo and conditioner.
Hygiene poverty is not being able to afford many of the everyday hygiene and personal grooming products most of us take for granted. The reality of low income is that it restricts people’s options, leaving people caught between being able to heat homes, pay rent, eat, or be clean. Hygiene Hub Ireland is a grassroots organisation, which tackles hygiene poverty by delivering donated hygiene and household cleaning products to community partners who work with vulnerable and marginalised communities.
A word on the partnership
Speaking about the partnership, Ciára Dalton, Head of Marketing at Hygiene Hub Ireland said, “Everyone has the right to an adequate standard of living, yet with 640,000 people at risk of poverty and the cost of living on the rise, hygiene products can often be at the bottom of the shopping list for people who are struggling to make ends meet. The impact of this can be immense. A child might be bullied for going to school with matted hair because the family doesn’t have a hairbrush, or a woman might not leave the house for several days each month as she doesn’t have period products. As the national charity for hygiene poverty, Hygiene Hub Ireland is dedicated to working towards eradicating this problem whilst supporting those most at risk of hygiene poverty with the products they need. That’s why our partnership with Boots Ireland is so important as it will see our network of drop-off points increase and we encourage everyone who is able, to consider donating relevant products at those Boots Ireland stores taking part in this initiative.”
Martha Ryan, Head of Human Resources Boots Ireland & ESG Lead said, “We are proud to be partner with Hygiene Hub Ireland in supporting them with the expansion of its network of drop-off points for people to donate unused and unopened hygiene products. At Boots Ireland, we are committed to engaging with our local communities to improve societal health and wellbeing which Hygiene Hub Ireland firmly delivers. There is a stigma associated with the issue (hygiene poverty), so it can be hidden in plain sight. That’s why the work of Hygiene Hub Ireland is so important in making sure that hygiene products get to those most at risk."
Boots Hygiene Hub drop off points
Cork:
- Blackpool
- Half Moon Street
- Douglas
Dublin:
- Dundrum Town Centre
- Carrickmines
- Swords The Pavilion Shopping Centre
- Liffey Valley Shopping Centre
- Blanchardstown Shopping Centre
- Malahide, Church Street
- Jervis Street
- Dawson Street
- Glenageary
Donegal:
- Letterkenny Retail Park
Galway:
- Shop Street
- Wellpark
- Knocknacarra
Kilkenny:
- High Street
- MacDonagh Junction
Mayo:
- Westport
Tipperary:
- Clonmel, Gladstone Street
Wexford:
- Gorey
Wicklow:
- Abbey Street
- Bray, Main Street