Taoiseach calls for discussion on porn as minds of young people being 'corrupted'

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has called for a national discussion on pornography as the minds of the young people are being “corrupted and tainted by an avalanche of this kind of material”, writes Elaine Loughlin and Fiachra Ó Cionnaith.

Taoiseach calls for discussion on porn as minds of young people being 'corrupted'

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has called for a national discussion on pornography as the minds of the young people are being “corrupted and tainted by an avalanche of this kind of material”, writes Elaine Loughlin and Fiachra Ó Cionnaith.

Mr Kenny said that as children grow up with easy access to the internet, they can be exposed to a pornography that is “as ubiquitous as it is damaging”.

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