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7th August 2018
12:30pm BST

These figures are included in a report called 'Are Consent Workshops Sustainable and Feasible in Third Level Institutions?'.
Minister for State for Third Level Education Mary Mitchell O'Connor has called the findings "troubling."
The research was timely, she said, "given that the National Council on Curriculum and Assessment is carrying out a major review of the relationships and sexuality curriculum."
Education Minister Richard Bruton has ordered the council to look at a number of key areas in a bid to update the sex education in Irish schools.
These key areas including consent, contraception, healthy relationships, social media and the internet and LGBTQ+ matters.
Speaking on RTÉ Radio One's Morning Ireland, Minister Mitchell O'Connor said there was also an onus on parents to educate their children about sex.Explore more on these topics: