DiscoverThe Hard ShoulderAre parents pushed towards hosting ‘gaff parties’?
Are parents pushed towards hosting ‘gaff parties’?

Are parents pushed towards hosting ‘gaff parties’?

Update: 2025-10-17
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We talk a lot in this country about the culture around underage drinking in this country, as kids become teenagers, invites to house parties become more common. These parties often have a drinking element, either with or without the parents’ knowledge…

But, do they put parents in an awkward position, and is underage drinking a bit of an inevitably in our culture?

Joining Jonathan Healy from Croke Park is Columnist with Irish Independent and Columnist, Mary McCarthy and Columnist with the Irish Examiner, Jane Cowan.

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Are parents pushed towards hosting ‘gaff parties’?

Are parents pushed towards hosting ‘gaff parties’?