Irish teenage girls the worst binge drinkers in Europe

IRISH teenage girls are still the biggest binge drinkers in Europe, a survey of 35 countries published yesterday revealed.

The European School Survey Project on Alcohol and other Drugs (ESPAD) found that 32% of them admitted to binge drinking in 2003.

Nearly one-third of Irish teenagers said they had been drunk 10 times or more that year ranking second in Europe after Denmark.