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Ireland considered making 21 age of consent for gay people when decriminalising homosexuality
- The age of consent for heterosexual intercourse at the time was, and still is, 17 years old
- 21 was described as "probably the age most acceptable to those who do not want decriminalisation but recognise that there is no choice"
- However, if 21 was chosen, "there would be an attempt to portray this country as backward", officials warned