Irish sites shut after outcry on binge drinking

A number of Irish ‘neknominate’ pages have been shut down in the wake of the death of Carlow teenager Johnny Byrne.

The body of the talented hurler, who was 19, was taken from the River Barrow on Sunday morning. He had posted a video of himself drinking a pint shortly before he entered the river on Saturday night.

As a result of a backlash against the internet craze, a number of Irish neknomination pages were taken down from Facebook yesterday.