Cork's first sexual health hub to provide free condoms

The Hut, on the city's northside, will serve as the first point of contact for sexual health services for many young people

Joe Curtin, Youthwork Ireland Cork, and Muire O'Farrell, helath promotion officer sexual health centre, at The Hut, Gurranabraher Youth & Community Centre, Cork. Picture: Jim Coughlan 

Free condoms and lubes will be available in a controlled and supportive setting from Cork’s first sexual health hub which opened today.

Spearheaded by the Cork Sexual Health Centre (CSHC) and opened in The Hut in Gurranabraher in association with Youth Work Ireland Cork (YWIC), the new hub also promote consent and improved communication skills within intimate relationships as it aims to make sexual health information more accessible to young people.