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Mon 10 Oct 2009'Little to do' for commuter-belt teens
More then 90 per cent of teenage boys in the Dublin commuter belt do not use music or drama facilities, according to a survey on youth attitudes carried out for the Labour Party.
In addition about 40 per cent of girls who took part do not want to participate in team sports, while many teens of both sexes perceived little to do in commuter towns, with expensive and often unavailable travel limiting the range of options open to them.
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