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Poll: Was your sex ed in school good enough?

It’s an important subject, but one that isn’t always well delivered.

IT’S A TOPIC that comes up time and again: is sexual education in Ireland up to scratch?

It’s an important subject, but one that isn’t always well delivered.

Writing in TheJournal.ie today, Relationships and Sexuality Education (RSE) teacher Cionnaith Ó Duibhir highlighted a number of issues with sex ed – saying many schools are not devoting enough time to it and avoiding LGBT+ sex.

We want to know: Was your sex ed in school good enough?

Poll Results:

No (9082)

Yes (1118)

I'm not sure (503)

Yes
No
I'm not sure

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