Third of pupils got no sex education

One-in-three sexually active Irish adults did not receive sex education at school, a new survey to be published today reveals.

A global poll by condom maker Durex also shows 55% of Irish 18-year-olds say they will leave secondary school without any formal sex education, while a further 15% say they cannot remember receiving theirs.

The Irish component of the survey also finds that just one-in-five respondents said their major source of sex education was from school, with 41% claiming most of their knowledge was garnered from friends, with 35% claiming they found out about sex from books.