Helen O’Callaghan looks at problems that may irritate tots.

One in six Irish women in their 20s feel ill-informed on the basic facts about sex and contraception, despite having more access to information than ever before.

Young Irish women tend to to stick to traditional methods of birth control rather than using effective, long-term contraceptives that cut out the risk of forgetting to take a daily tablet, says Ailin Quinlan.

More people die from strokes each year in Ireland than from breast cancer, prostate cancer and bowel cancer combined.