Irish teenage boys are trending like Beckham thanks to social media

Irish tweenie and teenage boys are going where Irish men once rarely ventured — they are playing with fashion and mastering trends they spot on social media, says Paula Burns

THERE is a new breed of teenage boys out there. The metro-sexual bloke of before has morphed into a fashion conscious, style-obsessed teenage lad.

It’s no longer just the girls clogging up the bathroom for hours getting ready, with sinks splattered in make-up, multiple wardrobe changes strewn across the bed and the lingering waft of whatever spray is in fashion filling the air.