Those were the words of one woman to Margo Noonan, head of the Sexual Assault Treatment Unit at Cork's South Infirmary-Victoria University Hospital. It is a situation she and staff at the Cork and other SATUs are hoping to change, writes Social Affairs Correspondent Noel Baker.

The HSE is evaluating an online testing platform to try and alleviate pressure on current STI services.

Almost half of Irish men who have sex with a non-steady male partner do not always wear a condom - and more than one in four admitted having unprotected sex in the previous 12 months.

The relationships and sexuality education (RSE) programme in schools has played a key role in the 64% reduction in teen births over the past 15 years, the HSE has said.