Kink educator Aoife Murray: ‘I have clients in their 50s who suddenly decide they would like to explore kink or polyamory’

Kink educator Aoife Murray from Co Kildare teaches people how to practise kink in a consensual and risk-aware way

Kink educator Aoife Murray teaches people how to practise kink in a consensual and risk-aware way

Aoife Murray

‘I had a fairly standard Irish upbringing where there weren’t too many conversations about sex. I got sex education through school and while I was always told I could come to my parents with any questions, we wouldn’t talk openly about sex.

Still, that was a step more than most Irish people get. In a lot of families, there isn’t that open invitation to ask a question or look into something further.