Richie Sadler on sex-ed: 'If you want young people to make informed decisions, you’ve got to give them the right information'

Did you get sex ed? Many of us didn’t. Richie Sadlier wants to change that, writes Kate Demolder

Richie Sadlier: "What I wanted to provide was a place where they can speak openly.". Photograph: Moya Nolan

Few things are as conspicuously absent in contemporary conversation as sexual pleasure — especially for Irish teenagers. 

Gratification, when it comes, is framed by ignominy and guilt, rife with bitterness and sharp with cultural refrain.