# sexual-health - Monday 29 November, 2021
# Sexual Health
# Sexual Health
Dr Siobhán O’Higgins & Dr Caroline West of the Active* Consent programme in NUI Galway look at what needs to be done to improve our understanding of consent.
# sexual-health - Sunday 18 July, 2021
# Syphilis
# Syphilis
The number of cases are exceeding those seen before the Covid-19 pandemic.
# sexual-health - Sunday 4 July, 2021
# Sexual Health
# Sexual Health
Closures and scaledowns of sexual health services have raised issues for HIV prevention and testing.
# sexual-health - Friday 2 October, 2020
# Gmhs
# Gmhs
Staff from the GMHS have been redeployed to Covid-19 test centres in recent months.
# sexual-health - Thursday 6 February, 2020
# Sexual Health
# Sexual Health
The HSE currently provides public STI services through clinics around the country.
# sexual-health - Thursday 3 October, 2019
# Msm
# Msm
Men living in Ireland are more likely to take drugs than their European counterparts, according to a new survey.
# sexual-health - Friday 14 June, 2019
# Sexual Health
# Sexual Health
Rapid testing will be rolled out in Dublin, Cork, Galway and Limerick.
# sexual-health - Tuesday 5 March, 2019
# Dear Fifi
From The Daily Edge
# Dear Fifi
It’s that time of the week.
# sexual-health - Tuesday 29 January, 2019
# Sexual Health
From The Daily Edge
# Sexual Health
And why we should investigate our options first.
# sexual-health - Friday 16 November, 2018
# Safe Sex
# Safe Sex
A total of 11,078 STI diagnoses have been reported so far this year.
# sexual-health - 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.
# sexual-health - 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.
# sexual-health - Saturday 17 February, 2018
# Sexual Health
# Sexual Health
There is no clinic within an hour of the Midlands.
# sexual-health - Sunday 14 January, 2018
# New Year's Resolutions
# New Year's Resolutions
Every one of us needs to have a think about how we can make Ireland a more sexually awesome place for ourselves, and each other, writes Shawna Scott.
# sexual-health - Saturday 1 July, 2017
# Emergency Contraception
# Emergency Contraception
Up until 2011, anyone who needed emergency contraception had to attend a doctor in order to get a prescription.
# sexual-health - Tuesday 20 December, 2016
# Deep Clean
# Deep Clean
The mouthwash may have “serious public health implications” in controlling gonorrhoea say researchers.
# sexual-health - Monday 12 December, 2016
# Safe Sex
# Safe Sex
The HSE vaccinates thousands of schoolgirls against the virus each year.
# sexual-health - Monday 27 June, 2016
# STI Galway
# STI Galway
Rates of STIs in Ireland are highest among under-25s.
# sexual-health - Sunday 27 December, 2015
# Sex
# Sex
The outbreak was first seen in Leeds.
# sexual-health - Saturday 12 December, 2015
# Latin America
# Latin America
A new report from Amnesty International looks at the treatment of those advocating for safe abortions and sexual health across Latin America.
# sexual-health - Thursday 29 October, 2015
# Let's Talk About Sex
# Let's Talk About Sex
A whopping 60% of Irish people have never been tested for a sexually transmitted disease.
# sexual-health - Wednesday 2 September, 2015
# Wrap It Up
# Wrap It Up
The complainant said it was “completely inappropriate”.
# sexual-health - Sunday 9 August, 2015
# Catch On
# Catch On
Now you really have no excuse not to get checked out.
# sexual-health - Sunday 26 July, 2015
# Sex Week
# Sex Week
The facts (and figures) of life.
# sexual-health - Tuesday 27 January, 2015
# Get Tested
# Get Tested
The most popular age group turning to online testing are people in their twenties.
# sexual-health - Sunday 7 December, 2014
# Rubber Bandits
# Rubber Bandits
On a related note, the median duration of sex is 7.3 minutes. So now you know.
# sexual-health - Wednesday 22 October, 2014
# Sexual Health
# Sexual Health
Approximately 80 million unintended pregnancies occur every year as a result of contraceptive failure and not using any form of contraception.
# sexual-health - Saturday 21 June, 2014
# The Birds And The Bees
# The Birds And The Bees
A conference taking place in Cork this weekend aims to start a public discussion on sexual wellbeing.
# sexual-health - Wednesday 18 June, 2014
# Safe Sex
# Safe Sex
The simple device – two plastic rings and an elastic band – cuts off blood supply to the foreskin, which then shrivels and is removed with the band after a week.
# sexual-health - Sunday 8 June, 2014
# Dublin Aids Alliance
# Dublin Aids Alliance
HIV in Ireland: screening, stigma and support
# sexual-health - Friday 6 June, 2014
# Sexual Health
# Sexual Health
One in five of those tested at the Gay Men’s Health Service clinic in Dublin last year received a diagnosis.
# sexual-health - Wednesday 14 May, 2014
# I Decide
# I Decide
A campaign will see events taking place in 172 countries worldwide.
# sexual-health - Wednesday 2 April, 2014
# Sex
# Sex
Katie Varvos asks why young Irish people aren’t getting STI tests and she even takes one online.
# sexual-health - Monday 10 February, 2014
# Alakazam
# Alakazam
As part of the union’s safe sex campaign, students will also be dazzled by the world’s only sexual health magician and can attend workshops by ‘Dr Sex’.
# sexual-health - Friday 24 January, 2014
# Pregnancy
# Pregnancy
The EU is to investigate if emergency contraception is less effective in women weighing 80kg or more.
# sexual-health - Thursday 12 December, 2013
# Irish Family Planning Association
# Irish Family Planning Association
The Irish Family Planning Association have also reported an increase in STI screenings in its 2012 report.
# sexual-health - Tuesday 10 December, 2013
# Opinion
# Opinion
Many STIs are symptomless and can be transmitted through oral sex too, writes Tricia Purcell, who says young people need to be better educated about their sexual health .
# sexual-health - Sunday 8 December, 2013
# Opinion
# Opinion
Revelations that emergency contraceptives were bring sold without a warning that their effectiveness could be compromised in women of a certain weight underlines the lack of holistic education about contraception and sexual health , writes Alison Begas.
# sexual-health - Saturday 7 December, 2013
# Sexual Health
# Sexual Health
The Gay Switchboard is also hoping to launch a video chat service next year to encourage younger people who are having issues to get in touch.
# sexual-health - Friday 29 November, 2013
# HIV Positive
# HIV Positive
A new testing programme at the Mater Hospital diagnosed almost three in every 1,000 people with the HIV infection.
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