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The scheme will cost between €18m to €22m.
The health minister said the roll out of such a measure would’ve been ‘unthinkable to do in the past’.
The roll out of free contraception to women aged between 17 and 25 was announced today.
Two GP appointments per year relating to contraception will also be free.
People with outside expertise will sit on the new group, with a chairperson to be appointed shortly.
Research shows the break provides no health benefit.
As part of this year’s budget talks, the minister plans to increase the availability of free condoms.
Mary Mitchell O’Conner said she agreed with the health minister that religion should not determine health and social policy in Ireland.
Minister Harris said work to consider the costs and other implications is continuing within his department.
Turns out 52% of men need a refresher course in sex ed.
Science on the issue is still mixed.
About 300 women in Ireland are diagnosed with womb cancer each year.
Does this mean we’ve reached peak crowdfunding?
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.
Speaking at the Cannes Film Festival, the filmmaker said he thought feminism and advances in contraception had blurred the distinctions between the sexes.
Research has found that people are having difficulty meeting the costs of contraception. Should Ireland follow the lead of other countries and make all contraception available free of charge?
The group released its annual report from last year today.
Ireland’s younger people are also better educated about sex.