No cheer in the dangers of teenage drinking

Parents and front-line services dread the binge boozing of October 31, but we are all culpable in subtly encouraging the young to partake, says psychotherapist Richard Hogan

HALLOWEEN is about scary costumes, but it has become a night of dread of a different sort for parents and front-line services.

October 31 has become one of those nights in the calendar, like Junior Cert or Leaving Cert night, where we have come to accept that our children binge drink.