Latest: Sex education in Irish schools 'not fit for purpose'

Latest: A Bill to prevent schools from using their religious ethos to avoid teaching full objective and factual sex education is to be debated in the Dáil.

Update 11.38am: A Bill to prevent schools from using their religious ethos to avoid teaching full objective and factual sex education is to be debated in the Dáil.

Launching the Objective Sexual Education Bill, Solidarity TD Ruth Coppinger said the school curriculum should cover contraception, sexuality, gender, LGBT+ issues and consent.