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# SPHE

Last month
May 2023
Voices
Opinion: Young people deserve and need sound guidance on healthy relationships and sex
Ciara Lynch of the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre says what is increasingly clear is that society needs to get real on sex education for children and young people.
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May 22nd 2023, 7:00 PM
This year
2023
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President says schools should teach ‘sexuality in fullest sense’
Earlier this week, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said it ‘makes sense’ to teach kids about transgender people.
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Mar 9th 2023, 8:44 AM
Voices
Teacher: 'We've handed over the sexual education of a generation to the porn industry'
Eoghan Cleary’s students gave him an honest account of the pornography they were exposed to every day.
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Mar 4th 2023, 2:15 PM
Last year
2022
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New SPHE syllabus to teach Junior Certs how to recognise domestic violence, minister says
Emotional wellbeing, gender, and how to be safe online will be updated features of a new SPHE curriculum.
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Jul 18th 2022, 3:03 PM
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# SPHE
Is sexual education in Ireland out of date?
‘Schools use a very reactive model in relation to gender and sexuality identity because of uncertainty fears around school ethos and the reactions of parents’.
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Oct 23rd 2016, 8:00 PM