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# Teenagers

Last month
January 2025
Four Dublin teenagers charged after allegedly stealing car and ramming garda vehicles in Kildare
Last year
2024
OECD: Irish teenagers smoke less, drink less and exercise more than their European counterparts
Parenting: 'My daughter was bullied and we didn't feel supported by the school'
Margaret Lynch
Teachers slam government for €9m spend on locking phones during school
Parenting: We're only just in the door at school and now the bugs have hit
Margaret Lynch
Ireland's 13-year-olds have fewer friends but better familial relationships than a decade ago
Parenting: Raising older kids can be lonely — and we haven't even reached the teenage years
Margaret Lynch
Nearly one in six young teenagers have been cyberbullied - report
All time
Therapist: It's been a summer of tragedy and loss for many young people
Monica Jackman
Disposable vapes will 'get a whole new generation of people addicted to nicotine', expert warns
Parents of children aged 12-15 can now book their child's Covid booster online
Irish teenagers facing high levels of sexual harassment, report finds
Large numbers will need vaccine booster shots later this year and into next year, Cabinet hears
Gaeltacht summer courses cancelled for the second year running
Study shows unchanged teen smoking rates in 40% of countries over past two decades
Nasal flu vaccine extended to teenagers due to low take-up
Irish teens more likely to take illegal drugs but smoking and drinking levels falling, EU report shows
Most of Ireland's teens are healthy and ambitious, but not all of them get the same fighting chance
Physical distancing may have long-term impact on teenagers' relationships
Appeal launched to locate two teenage girls missing from Belfast hospital
Number of teenagers reporting severe anxiety in Ireland doubles since 2012, report finds
Using social media 3 or more times a day may compromise teenage girls' health, study finds
US teen suicide rates rose by 29% after release of Netflix's 13 Reasons Why, study finds
Man walking home from work seriously injured after attack by gang of teens in west Dublin
Irish teenagers are drinking less often than almost all their European peers
Tear gas fired at Bangladesh protesters during huge protest over teen deaths
There were 1,041 teenagers who became mothers in Ireland last year
9 ways you passed the time if you were a teenager at the dawn of the millennium
Dublin school teacher loses €75,000 case against McDonald's after teenagers insulted him in restaurant
Doctor says 'paralytically, unconsciously drunk' teens at West Cork disco could have died
13% of secondary school students have sent a nude or semi-nude video of themselves
Better sex education and conversations with parents: Why the teen pregnancy rate keeps falling
Two teenagers arrested after planning attack with guns and explosives on school
Two teenagers hospitalised after attack by a large group of men
These Waterford teens have set up Ireland's first youth-run literary festival
In 1975, one in every 100 Irish children was obese. Now, it's one in every 10
Israeli police detain dozens in 'horror clown' craze
'A connection to the place they know': There's a new online mental health service for teenagers
'Unknown electronic device' used in assault on three teenage boys
Two 14-year-olds missing from Dublin have been found safe and sound