The Health Service Executive (HSE) is set to splurge around €50,000 for 500,000 HSE branded condoms and 250,000 branded lubrication packets as part of the ongoing battle against unplanned pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases.

Demands for free condoms and advice about the drug, ecstasy, were the main concerns of young people at Electric Picnic’s first harm-reduction service for drug-users.

The idea of a contraceptive pill for men has been kicking around for years, but will we see it in our lifetime? Katy Harrington goes in search of the latest research and asks if women would trust their partners to take it.

One in 10 university students have contracted a sexually transmitted infection, according to a survey.

More than half of students do not use contraception in every sexual encounter, while almost two thirds have never been tested for a sexually transmitted infection.