25% of teens endure cyberbullying

A quarter of Irish teenagers have suffered online bullying, according to an international survey of young people.

Six in 10 of the Irish teens who responded to the survey think cyberbullying is worse than face-to-face bullying and just over half (51%) believe it to be a bigger problem than drug abuse for young people.

The survey of 4,720 13-18-year-olds gauged the views of young people from Ireland, the UK, Germany, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, New Zealand, Greece, South Africa, the US, and Czech Republic.