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Irish Examiner - 22 January 2010 EVERY woman who has ever had a sexual relationship is in danger of getting cervical cancer. This fact may surprise the many people who…

Irish Examiner - 21 January 2010 By Catherine Shanahan and Orla Barry THREE-in-five 18-35 year olds believe abortion should be legalised, according to a sex survey which found one-in-four women…

Irish Examiner - 21 January 2010 By Catherine Shanahan and Orla Barry THREE in four young adults have had unprotected sex – but less than two in five have ever…

Irish Times - 19 January 2010 Focus now switches to information campaign to encourage support for cervical cancer scheme, writes ALISON HEALY IT HAS BEEN labelled “the U-turn on a…

Press Release: 15 January 2010 The Irish Family Planning Association (IFPA) has welcomed the Government’s announcement today (15/01/10) that a cervical cancer vaccination programme for all girls in first year…

Cork Independent - 15 January 2010 Deirdre O'Shaughnessy Since the sexual revolution in the 1960s and 1970s, women have been encouraged to take control of their own fertility cycles and…

Event - January 2010 8,000 multilingual leaflets detailing women’s health services available for all women living in Ireland have been distributed to over 50 NGOs, community groups, citizens' information bureaus…

Irish Times - 30 December 2009 by CARL O'BRIEN, Chief Reporter THE EUROPEAN Court of Human Rights will press the Government on whether its ban on abortion violates women’s human…

Irish Times - 23 December 2009 BY MARIE O'HALLORAN MINISTER OF State for Children Barry Andrews has expressed his personal support for a lowering of the legal age of consent…

Sunday Times - 20 December 2009 Justine McCarthy The Catholic archbishop of Dublin, Dr Diarmuid Martin, has been prevented from quitting the board of the National Maternity hospital even though…