Debate about pornography must be realistic to be effective

Blunt instruments to censor porn won’t work, writes Caroline West. Instead, we should focus on educating young people about sex, misogyny, and safe internet usage

We appear to be entering the third round of Ireland’s national conversation on pornography. The first one occurred when former Taoiseach Enda Kenny called for one in 2016, which resulted in scaremongering and screaming headlines about porn panic.