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The Diaries
The Diaries: The woman in her 40s who has always shied away from relationships
The Diaries: The 20-something newlywed who has a lot of fantasies
The Diaries: The single Irish man using Tinder in a foreign city
The Diaries: The married man in his 30s trying for a child
The Diaries: The woman in her early 30s sleeping with a work colleague
The Diaries: The 30-year-old mother who is about to get married
Ireland and Sex
Playboy magazine - here's what Ireland was really missing all those years
How many times a week? Sex in Ireland by the numbers
'It's not about the absence of something... but I look forward to sex eventually, I guess'
Doing it
'Fancy a ride?': People tell us why and how they use Tinder
Open thread: Go on, tell us about your first time...
The Hardest Sex Ed Quiz Ever
'Everyone has a kink'
An oasis of consent: My experience at Dublin's fetish club night
Ireland's Sex Shops: 'Everyone has a kink, they just might not know it yet'
Bold sex
Sex with an ex: 'It was forbidden so maybe that's what made it so hot. I wanted him to want me again'
A day in an STI clinic: Peter never got tested because 'he only sleeps with pretty girls'