# sex-education - Thursday 20 May, 2021
# Column
# Column
Teacher Dearbhla Crosse says the new teachings for Catholic primary schools from the Irish Bishops Conference is not in line with latest research.
# sex-education - Thursday 29 April, 2021
Róisín Shortall said the transfer of patronage was ‘a snail-paced programme’.
# sex-education - Saturday 7 March, 2020
# Pure In Heart
# Pure In Heart
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.
# sex-education - Monday 7 October, 2019
# Column
# Column
We are hopefully moving towards a country with a more positive attitude to sex and relationships.
# sex-education - Monday 1 July, 2019
# Istanbul Convention
# Istanbul Convention
The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has set out its recommendations for key priority actions for the State.
# sex-education - Saturday 8 June, 2019
# Educate Together
# Educate Together
Parents had objected to a religious agency offering education at a multi-denominational Educate Together school.
# sex-education - Tuesday 21 May, 2019
# Factcheck
# Factcheck
The claim was made by a Renua local election candidate.
# sex-education - Sunday 12 May, 2019
# Sex Education
# Sex Education
Sex, as a subject, remains largely an unmentionable in Russia.
# sex-education - Monday 29 April, 2019
# Child Protection
# Child Protection
From July pornography sites will be required to have robust age-verification systems in place for UK users.
# sex-education - Tuesday 29 January, 2019
# Overhaul
# Overhaul
A report launching today calls for a radical overhaul of how sex education is taught in both primary and secondary schools.
# sex-education - Tuesday 18 December, 2018
# Opinion
# Opinion
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.
# sex-education - Saturday 29 September, 2018
# Sex Education
# Sex Education
The order in which children are born may play a significant role in how they learn about sex, especially for boys.
# sex-education - Wednesday 8 August, 2018
# Bishop Of Elphin
# Bishop Of Elphin
Mary Mitchell O’Conner said she agreed with the health minister that religion should not determine health and social policy in Ireland.
# sex-education - Tuesday 7 August, 2018
# Sex Ed
# Sex Ed
A new survey finds that 53% of boys in Ireland first watched porn under the age of 13.
# sex-education - Thursday 5 July, 2018
# Sex Education
# Sex Education
TDs and Senators pressed on if elements of sex education would be left out of the curriculum in Catholic schools.
# sex-education - Wednesday 16 May, 2018
# Free Contraception
# Free Contraception
Consideration is also being given to the extension of the provision of the morning-after pill.
# sex-education - Thursday 10 May, 2018
# On Chesil Beach
From The Daily Edge
# On Chesil Beach
Saoirse Ronan had to pay 20c for every bit of info she wanted to know about sex.
# sex-education - Monday 7 May, 2018
# Speaking Out
# Speaking Out
Recent survey results from Youth Work Ireland have shown how recent events like the #MeToo movement have changed the conversation around sex.
# sex-education - Saturday 5 May, 2018
# Sexual Health
# Sexual Health
He said young people today are exposed to much more explicit forms of pornography and sexual content than any generation before them.
# sex-education - Monday 23 April, 2018
# Online
# Online
A new survey suggests that around one in five young people feel that it is a useful way to find out about sex.
# sex-education - Thursday 19 April, 2018
# Sex Education Bill
From The Daily Edge
# Sex Education Bill
Some politicians seem to be stuck in 1971
# sex-education - Friday 13 April, 2018
# Mallow
# Mallow
The list proves the need to modernise our sexual education in schools, the Taoiseach said.
# sex-education - Wednesday 4 April, 2018
# Let's Talk About Sex
# Let's Talk About Sex
Proposed legislation seeks to remove religious ethos from sex education in schools.
# Sex Education
From The Daily Edge
# Sex Education
You can’t teach someone to be prepared for when Mambo No. 5 accidentally comes on shuffle.
# sex-education - Tuesday 3 April, 2018
# Sex Education
# Sex Education
Richard Bruton is due to address the annual conference of the ASTI teachers’ union this morning.
# sex-education - Friday 9 March, 2018
# The Pill
# The Pill
Minister Harris said work to consider the costs and other implications is continuing within his department.
# sex-education - Sunday 7 January, 2018
# Yasssss
From The Daily Edge
# Yasssss
Something all schools could benefit from.
# sex-education - Tuesday 12 December, 2017
# Sex Education
# Sex Education
A new report has called for better, more inclusive sex education .
# sex-education - Saturday 9 December, 2017
# Equality
# Equality
Young people who took part in the consultation want to see the normalisation of ‘non-traditional relationships’.
# sex-education - Tuesday 15 August, 2017
# Baby One More Time
From The Daily Edge
# Baby One More Time
The shoe’s on the other foot, for once.
# sex-education - Thursday 30 March, 2017
# Sex Education
# Sex Education
Ireland needs to be more proactive around the area of sex education for LGBT+ teens, writes Cionnaith Ó Duibhir.
# sex-education - Wednesday 1 June, 2016
# Teenage Pregnancies
# Teenage Pregnancies
The teenage birthrate has decreased by 60% since 2001.
# sex-education - Thursday 10 March, 2016
# Staying Safe
# Staying Safe
A series of reports produced by Tusla and the HSE has found a need for a boost in sex education .
# sex-education - Wednesday 30 December, 2015
# God Knows What's Best
From The Daily Edge
# God Knows What's Best
“Some people might call it a John Willy.”
# sex-education - Wednesday 23 December, 2015
Rocco Siffredi, known as the ‘Italian stallion’, said his industry has become a way to learn about sex for young people.
# Lovemaking
From The Daily Edge
# Lovemaking
“Everything is based on love”.
# sex-education - Sunday 11 October, 2015
# Opinion
# Opinion
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.
# sex-education - Friday 7 August, 2015
# Wax On Wax Off
From The Daily Edge
# Wax On Wax Off
“It’s proper complicated, a fanny, ain’t it?”
# sex-education - Sunday 26 July, 2015
# Sex Cells
From The Daily Edge
# Sex Cells
Are you fully versed in the birds and bees? Take the test.
# sex-education - Saturday 30 May, 2015
# Sex Education
# Sex Education
There has been a 60% decline since 2001 in the number of 15- to 19-year-olds having children.
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