# sexual health
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This year
2024
chemsex
Detoxing from G is '100 times worse than alcohol withdrawal', expert warns
Chemsex – using drugs like G to enhance and prolong sex – has become more common in Ireland in recent years.
GHB or GBL is used socially and for the purposes of chemsex
The drug is highly addictive and its potency varies widely
Every year dozens of people seek help to detox from G at the Club Drugs Clinic in Dublin
Órla Ryan
15 Jan
41.6k
sexual health
70% increase in gonorrhoea cases due to lack of condom use - and better testing
Over 6,700 cases of gonorrhoea were reported in Ireland last year, up from 3,976 in 2022.
Some 6,748 cases of gonorrhoea were reported up to 23 December 2023, compared with 3,976 cases in 2022
The majority of cases reported in Ireland last year (5,200) were among men
Ireland has one of the highest incidence rates of gonorrhoea in Europe
Órla Ryan
8 Jan
14.5k
Last year
2023
sexual health
Call to consider including advice for over-40s in new sexual health strategy
27 Mar 2023
13.0k
7
All time
Voices
Opinion: Consent matters whether you've just met or you've been together for years
Dr Caroline West
3 Dec 2022
17.5k
14
free contraception
Over 700 GPs still waiting for free contraception contracts to be finalised
28 Oct 2022
5.6k
11
Voices
Opinion: Education must be at the heart of all efforts to create a culture of consent
Dr Siobhán O’Higgins & Dr Caroline West
29 Nov 2021
10.5k
11
syphilis
Syphilis outbreak partly caused by 'significant restrictions' on access to testing during Covid
18 Jul 2021
43.3k
47
sexual health
Limited access to HIV services during pandemic an ongoing concern for LGBT+ community
4 Jul 2021
9.1k
13
gmhs
Closure of PrEP service will 'undoubtedly' have impact on HIV rates, experts warn
2 Oct 2020
17.8k
sexual health
HSE to spend up to half a million on STI home-testing pilot project
6 Feb 2020
12.0k
17
msm
Nine in 10 gay and bisexual men living with HIV are on treatment and cannot transmit the virus
Updated
3 Oct 2019
24.6k
60
sexual health
PrEP programme to reduce HIV rates to be rolled out later this year
Updated
14 Jun 2019
14.6k
46
Safe sex
'The worst I've seen yet': Concern as number of HIV and STI diagnoses rise this year
16 Nov 2018
40.4k
54
sex ed
Minister 'shocked' and 'taken aback' at the age Irish children are viewing pornography
7 Aug 2018
30.7k
63
sexual health
Coveney: 'Sex education isn't about religion. The State must ensure young people get the facts'
5 May 2018
8.4k
42
Voices
Column: 'Sex resolutions for 2018 to advocate for your own sexual pleasure and health'
Shawna Scott
14 Jan 2018
57.5k
48
Emergency Contraception
Morning after pill available to all medical card holders without prescription from today
1 Jul 2017
28.8k
50
Latin America
Sexual health group targeted for helping a 10-year-old rape survivor seek an abortion
12 Dec 2015
24.6k
84
let's talk about sex
Here's how the government is going to help people have safer sex
29 Oct 2015
23.1k
49
wrap it up
Complaint that Ireland AM showed condom being put onto model of erect penis
2 Sep 2015
38.2k
47
catch on
Too embarrassed to see a doc? Now you can test for almost any STI from your bedroom
9 Aug 2015
33.8k
25
get tested
Worried you might have an STI? More people are going online to get tested
27 Jan 2015
14.6k
26
sexual health
Women need more contraception options to stop unintended pregnancies, HIV and STIs
22 Oct 2014
8.8k
20