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Sunday 25 October 2020
Teenagers have previously spoken to TheJournal.ie about the presentations in secondary schools – in one case a group was told condoms fail one in six times.
We are hopefully moving towards a country with a more positive attitude to sex and relationships.
The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has set out its recommendations for key priority actions for the State.
Parents had objected to a religious agency offering education at a multi-denominational Educate Together school.
The claim was made by a Renua local election candidate.
Sex, as a subject, remains largely an unmentionable in Russia.
From July pornography sites will be required to have robust age-verification systems in place for UK users.
A report launching today calls for a radical overhaul of how sex education is taught in both primary and secondary schools.
Now is the time for a mature and sensible discussion about sex and porn. We really need mandatory modern sex education introduced in schools too, writes Caroline West.
The order in which children are born may play a significant role in how they learn about sex, especially for boys.
A new survey finds that 53% of boys in Ireland first watched porn under the age of 13.
TDs and Senators pressed on if elements of sex education would be left out of the curriculum in Catholic schools.
Consideration is also being given to the extension of the provision of the morning-after pill.
Saoirse Ronan had to pay 20c for every bit of info she wanted to know about sex.
Recent survey results from Youth Work Ireland have shown how recent events like the #MeToo movement have changed the conversation around sex.
He said young people today are exposed to much more explicit forms of pornography and sexual content than any generation before them.
A new survey suggests that around one in five young people feel that it is a useful way to find out about sex.
Some politicians seem to be stuck in 1971
The list proves the need to modernise our sexual education in schools, the Taoiseach said.
Proposed legislation seeks to remove religious ethos from sex education in schools.
You can’t teach someone to be prepared for when Mambo No. 5 accidentally comes on shuffle.
Richard Bruton is due to address the annual conference of the ASTI teachers’ union this morning.
Minister Harris said work to consider the costs and other implications is continuing within his department.
Something all schools could benefit from.
A new report has called for better, more inclusive sex education.
Young people who took part in the consultation want to see the normalisation of ‘non-traditional relationships’.
The shoe’s on the other foot, for once.
Ireland needs to be more proactive around the area of sex education for LGBT+ teens, writes Cionnaith Ó Duibhir.
The teenage birthrate has decreased by 60% since 2001.
A series of reports produced by Tusla and the HSE has found a need for a boost in sex education.
“Some people might call it a John Willy.”
Rocco Siffredi, known as the ‘Italian stallion’, said his industry has become a way to learn about sex for young people.
“Everything is based on love”.
A lot of people will consider what I’m suggesting controversial, ridiculous or pointless – but we need to create real solutions to real problems and bring the number of abortions down, writes Liadan O’Connor.
“It’s proper complicated, a fanny, ain’t it?”
Are you fully versed in the birds and bees? Take the test.
There has been a 60% decline since 2001 in the number of 15- to 19-year-olds having children.
“Condoms are gross, I hate them.” “So are babies.”
Rapidly advancing technology means children will be confronted by pornography online at some point. How should we help them to interpret what they see?
WE’RE JUST OVER 10 days out from what has been called one of the most important US presidential elections ever.
The United States will vote on 3 November on whether to back four more years of a Donald Trump presidency or opt for Democratic nominee Joe Biden.
TheJournal.ie will have you covered on the night itself and throughout the following day as results pour in.
Today, we want to know: Will you stay up to watch the US election?
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Richard Nairns details some of what he discovered when he moved to Ned’s Wood in Co Wicklow.
Mainly cloudy, showers around; breezy
Max: 12 °C
Min: 7 °C
Winds subsiding with a couple of showers
Max: 12 °C
Min: 5 °C
Mostly cloudy, showers around; breezy
Max: 11 °C
Min: 6 °C
Minister on bishop's comments: 'Contraception is fact of life now for women'
Mary Mitchell O’Conner said she agreed with the health minister that religion should not determine health and social policy in Ireland.
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