Irish teenager drowns in Canary Islands

An Irish teenager has drowned at a holiday resort in the Canary Islands.

An Irish teenager has drowned at a holiday resort in the Canary Islands.

The Department of Foreign Affairs has confirmed he died yesterday at Playa del Ingles on Gran Canaria, a resort popular with Irish and British holidaymakers.

No further information was available on the cause of the accident.  The boy has not yet been named.

A spokesman for the Department of Foreign Affairs said its consul in the area was providing assistance to the family.