Sex education a failure, warns group

SCHOOL sex education has failed and needs to be more explicit to combat rising rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and teenage abortions, the Irish Family Planning Association (IFPA) has warned.

The association says the approach to sex education is "hit-and-miss".

IFPA chief executive Catherine Heaney said too many young people were reaching adulthood without a real understanding of how their body works.