Rural students in this country are most likely to be cyber-bullied compared to their urban peers.

That's according to data compiled by Ireland's study website, Studyclix, which also revealed that almost one-quarter of students say they have witnessed an example of cyberbullying in the last year.

Wicklow fared the worst in the survey with 38 per cent of children saying they had observed online abuse while Roscommon had the lowest figure on the list at 17 per cent.

Dublin students reported a figure of 26 per cent, Cork 28 per cent, Limerick 25 per cent and Galway 18 per cent.

The survey also uncovered that over half of all students claimed to be "addicted to their phone" with 49 per cent admitting to checking it in class.

Fianna Fail Spokesperson on Children Robert Troy says not enough is being doing at Government level: