The Specialist Clinic
Under our open methodology this clinic scores 60.1/100 on structural verification: physician certification, licences, facility and legal-entity traceability, identifier disclosure and advertising honesty.
Rank #3 of 4 ranked clinics · last checked 31 August 2026
No crown: crowns require register-verified gates, never a clinic's own claim.
Summary
Multi-surgeon plastic and reconstructive surgery clinic in North Dublin, staffed by consultants who also hold hospital appointments at Beaumont Hospital, Blackrock Health, Bon Secours and the Hermitage Clinic. At least two of the named consultants are on the Irish Association of Plastic Surgeons membership list.
Axis by axis
rubric value 1–5 · ? could not verify (no points, not a negative finding) · — not applicable: this country has no register of that class · OFF official register · SEC secondary source
| Axis | Finding (rubric anchor) | Value | Source class | Weight | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M1 | Specialist certification of the responsible physician Only a secondary source (association, aggregator) supports the certification. Mr Barry O'Sullivan and Mr Safwat Ibrahim named on the IAPS membership list (association/secondary source); the Medical Council Specialist Register itself is reCAPTCHA-gated and could not be queried, so this axis is capped at secondary provenance. [iaps] |
SEC | 26 | 2026-08-31 | |
| M2 | Identifiability of the responsible physician Physician(s) named with role and tied to this address. |
SEC | 16 | 2026-08-31 | |
| M3 | Basic medical licence Could not verify — no points, counts against coverage, not a negative finding. |
? | ? | 8 | 2026-08-31 |
| M4 | Facility registration Could not verify — no points, counts against coverage, not a negative finding. |
? | ? | 10 | 2026-08-31 |
| M5 | Legal-entity traceability Legal entity and registration number published and matched in the register. CRO: ‘Specialist Clinic Limited’ (co. no. 671387), NACE 8622.0 (specialist medical practice), Normal status. [cro] |
OFF | 8 | 2026-08-31 | |
| M6 | Self-disclosure of identifiers Logos without numbers. Surgeons are named with ‘Specialist Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon’ titles; no Medical Council registration numbers are published on the pages checked. [site] |
SEC | 10 | 2026-08-31 | |
| M7 | Advertising honesty No pattern from the lexicon found. |
SEC | 12 | 2026-08-31 | |
| M8 | Cross-locale consistency Could not verify — no points, counts against coverage, not a negative finding. |
? | ? | 5 | 2026-08-31 |
| M9 | Patient documents One. No consent, risk, revision-policy or complaint-route information found on the pages checked. [site] |
SEC | 5 | 2026-08-31 |
Score ceilings
No ceiling applies. We never apply one on 'not found' alone.
Holds
No hold on this profile.
Inclusion policy
Four mechanical conditions. The first three decide whether a clinic is listed at all; the fourth decides whether it can be scored.
| Identifiable: live public surface + working in-country contact | verified yes [site] |
|---|---|
| Provides the service itself (not an aggregator, booking site or tour packager) | verified yes [site] |
| In scope: the intervention is performed by a physician | verified yes [site] |
| Names a responsible physician | verified yes [site] |
Who is responsible
Named physicians and the legal entity, as published and as matched in the registers. A missing number is a statement about disclosure, not about licensing.
| Physician | Role | Register ID |
|---|---|---|
| Mr Barry O'Sullivan [site] [iaps] | Specialist Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon | not published |
| Mr Safwat Ibrahim [site] [iaps] | Specialist Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon | not published |
| Mr Nadeem Ajmal [site] | Specialist Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon | not published |
| Mr Jamie Martin-Smith [site] | Specialist Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon | not published |
| Mr Frank Reilly [site] | Specialist Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon | not published |
Legal entity: Specialist Clinic Limited · 671387 [cro]
Scope and procedure segments
Clinic focus: specialist (no focus adjustment) [site]
- Rhinoplasty: verified yes →
- Breast surgery: verified yes →
- Liposuction & body contouring: verified yes →
- Hair transplant: verified no
- Injectables: verified no
- Medical weight loss: verified no
- Sanctions / discipline register (Fitness to Practise Inquiry Notifications — Medical Council of Ireland (published sanctions and High Court notices)): no entry found [ftp]
What we could not verify
- M3 · Basic medical licence
- M4 · Facility registration
- M8 · Cross-locale consistency
These cells score nothing and count against coverage, but they are not negative findings. If you can point to a public source, send it.
Contact details
| Website | https://www.thespecialistclinic.ie/ |
|---|---|
| Address | Unit 8, Burnell Court, 3 Mayne River St, Northern Cross, Dublin, D17 DW71 |
| City | Dublin |
For identification only; details change — verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | Class | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| site | https://www.thespecialistclinic.ie/ | clinic's own site | identifiability, address, named physicians, roles, treatment menu | 31 August 2026 |
| iaps | https://www.plasticsurgery.ie/find-a-surgeon/ | secondary | Irish Association of Plastic Surgeons membership list names Mr Barry O'Sullivan and Mr Safwat Ibrahim; the list states members are "on the Specialist Register in Plastic And Reconstructive Surgery, of the Medical Council" — an association claim, not the register itself (which is reCAPTCHA-gated). | 31 August 2026 |
| cro | https://opendata.cro.ie/dataset/bf6f837d-0946-4c14-9a99-82cd6980c12… | official register | CRO bulk companies.csv (823,124 rows, published 2026-08-31): company_num 671387, company_name "Specialist Clinic Limited", registered office 35 Beech Park Avenue, Castleknock, Dublin 15; Normal status; NACE 8622.0. | 31 August 2026 |
| ftp | https://www.medicalcouncil.ie/complaints/past-inquiries/ | official register | Fitness to Practise Inquiry Notifications index and all 19 year pages (2008–2026) fetched and checked; no notice names "O'Sullivan", "Ibrahim", "Ajmal", "Martin-Smith" or "Reilly". | 31 August 2026 |
Change history
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 31 August 2026 | Initial collection. |
Correction or right of reply
Corrections are applied with a source link and logged publicly. A clinic statement without a source is published next to the data; the score does not change.