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| Resembling a plot straight out of Channel 4 cult comedy show Father Ted, Ireland's ruling party Fine Gael is suffering an inter-generational split over the issue of three-in-a-bed sex. | Resembling a plot straight out of Channel 4 cult comedy show Father Ted, Ireland's ruling party Fine Gael is suffering an inter-generational split over the issue of three-in-a-bed sex. |
| Ireland's Fine Gael health minister, James Reilly, has joined a growing chorus of politicians denouncing a partly state-funded website that has given sex advice to Irish young people on the dos and don'ts of threesomes. | Ireland's Fine Gael health minister, James Reilly, has joined a growing chorus of politicians denouncing a partly state-funded website that has given sex advice to Irish young people on the dos and don'ts of threesomes. |
| There was furore over the weekend when it emerged that SpunOut.ie – a website that receives €124,000 from the financially-stretched Irish Health Service Executive – had printed an article informing teenagers about threesome sex. | There was furore over the weekend when it emerged that SpunOut.ie – a website that receives €124,000 from the financially-stretched Irish Health Service Executive – had printed an article informing teenagers about threesome sex. |
| Reilly said on Monday evening that the HSE would be reviewing the mental health website for young people. | Reilly said on Monday evening that the HSE would be reviewing the mental health website for young people. |
| "From my personal point of view as a doctor as well as a politician I just think this is not the appropriate sort of information that the state should be putting out there," the health minister said. | "From my personal point of view as a doctor as well as a politician I just think this is not the appropriate sort of information that the state should be putting out there," the health minister said. |
| But not everyone has agreed that the sex advice written by an American woman who edited the site three years ago was inappropriate. Even members of Reilly's own party weighed in to support the website and its threesome-advice. | But not everyone has agreed that the sex advice written by an American woman who edited the site three years ago was inappropriate. Even members of Reilly's own party weighed in to support the website and its threesome-advice. |
| Fine Gael's youth wing said it fully endorsed the charity and the work it does for young people in Ireland. | Fine Gael's youth wing said it fully endorsed the charity and the work it does for young people in Ireland. |
| "Young Fine Gael supports SpunOut.ie publishing information about sex, including information regarding threesomes," the president of the party's youth wing, Patrick Molloy, said tonight. | "Young Fine Gael supports SpunOut.ie publishing information about sex, including information regarding threesomes," the president of the party's youth wing, Patrick Molloy, said tonight. |
| He also criticised one of his own fellow party members, Michelle Mulherin, for raising the matter of the threesome advice, reminding her that whether she "accepts it or not, the reality is that young people are having sex." | He also criticised one of his own fellow party members, Michelle Mulherin, for raising the matter of the threesome advice, reminding her that whether she "accepts it or not, the reality is that young people are having sex." |
| Molloy added: "According to HSE research, young people start having sex at 17. It is therefore important for young people to be informed of how to have safe sex and about the consequences of becoming sexually active, rather than pretending that sex doesn't happen. Keeping young people in the dark about sex education is not a solution, and will only lead to young people making uninformed decisions." | Molloy added: "According to HSE research, young people start having sex at 17. It is therefore important for young people to be informed of how to have safe sex and about the consequences of becoming sexually active, rather than pretending that sex doesn't happen. Keeping young people in the dark about sex education is not a solution, and will only lead to young people making uninformed decisions." |
| The controversial article includes a definition of a threesome as "getting sexually intimate with two people rather than just one person" involving "any combination of guys and gals" as well as the pros and cons of taking part in one. | The controversial article includes a definition of a threesome as "getting sexually intimate with two people rather than just one person" involving "any combination of guys and gals" as well as the pros and cons of taking part in one. |
| Bowing only slighty to the "down-with-this-sort-of-thing" style pressure emanating from the conservative wing of Fine Gael, SpunOut.ie said certain terms in the article like "shenanigans" and "spiced up" had been edited out. | Bowing only slighty to the "down-with-this-sort-of-thing" style pressure emanating from the conservative wing of Fine Gael, SpunOut.ie said certain terms in the article like "shenanigans" and "spiced up" had been edited out. |
| But Ian Power, a spokesman for the youth charity, stressed they have no intention of making any changes in response to further criticisms. | But Ian Power, a spokesman for the youth charity, stressed they have no intention of making any changes in response to further criticisms. |
| He added: "We just removed a certain word. The substance of the article has not changed, it will not change and it will remain on the website." | He added: "We just removed a certain word. The substance of the article has not changed, it will not change and it will remain on the website." |
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