Social media is being used to inform young people about the rapid rise of gonorrhoea, and its dangers.

The HSE has set up an outbreak control team following an alarming rise in cases of gonorrhoea.

Cases of sexually-transmitted gonorrhoea have increased by about a third each year since 2011, health chiefs have warned.

BAREBACKING, or unprotected sexual intercourse between men (MSM), is prevalent and risky.