Consent is not embarrassing and feeling awkward is a small price to pay for true intimacy

With a huge international following on both sides of the Atlantic, the hit series Bridgerton is a case in point about the central role consent plays in heightening passion and connection

Bridgerton season four, Picture: Netflix

Sex in Ireland has long been a topic few of us openly discuss. Many of us remember the contentious, day-long debate on RTÉ Radio 1’s Liveline in 2020 about the explicit nature of Normal People.

Daisy Edgar Jones as Marianne and Paul Mescal as Connell in Normal People. Photographer: Enda Bowe