A teenager hoping to make “a few bob” before Christmas arranged through the DoneDeal website to sell his Xbox and games to a man in Cork City but the ‘buyer’ and his wife drove off leaving the teenager on the side of the street with no payment.

The changing of the guard at golf’s top table is now complete — Rory McIlroy is to replace Tiger Woods as the face of EA Sports’ lucrative gaming franchise.

Teens addicted to violent video games will be stunted emotionally and far less likely to be able to tell the difference between right and wrong in later life, a study has claimed.