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Kilkenny schools urged to get behind new healthy eating initiative

Healthy Heroes Lunch Club, supported by the Irish Bread Bakers Association (IBBA), is issuing a final call to Kilkenny schools to register for the 2023/2024 educational programme. Now in its tenth year, created by teachers, behavioural and nutrition ...

29 Sept 2023 at 17:33

Smartphone bans alone do not give children healthy tech relationship – academics

Banning smartphone and social media access alone fails to equip children for the healthy use of technology in the future, a group of international experts has argued. Writing in the British Medical Journal (BMJ), the collection of academics argued ...

27 Mar 2025 at 22:30

Government should ban phones in schools to alleviate pressures – union leader

The Government should introduce a statutory ban on mobile phones in schools to alleviate the pressure on parents, teachers and headteachers, the leader of the largest education union in the UK has said Daniel Kebede, general secretary of the ...

10 Apr 2025 at 00:01

Boys more satisfied with their lives than girls, according to Manchester survey

A survey of almost 40,000 schoolchildren in Greater Manchester showed boys were more satisfied with their lives than girls, researchers say. And only a third of youngsters were playing enough sport while spending an average of 4.4 hours a ...

18 Mar 2022 at 14:25

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Laois students praised for BT Young Scientist entry

Mountrath Community School students who were exhibiting at the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition were praised by local Minister of State Seán Fleming. Sarah Phelan and Doireann O’Connor presented their project on aquaculture ...

13 Jan 2023 at 21:33

Kilkenny City

Fianna Fáil councillors in Kilkenny call for extra city school places

Fianna Fáil councillors, Andrew McGuinness and Joe Malone have called for extra school places to be made available in Kilkenny City as some city students are forced to travel further afield for their education. Last week, Minister for ...

24 Oct 2023 at 16:33

Local News

Roads too dangerous for schoolchildren, Laois group claims

Road conditions around Portarlington are viewed as too dangerous to allow schoolchildren walk or cycle to school, a local business group has claimed. Traffic calming measures are needed on the main approach roads to Portarlington ...

04 Apr 2022 at 14:33

Obesity levels among Reception and Year 6 children in England, by local area

Here is a full list of the estimated level of obesity among Reception and Year 6 schoolchildren in every local authority area in England in 2024/25. The figures have been published as part of the Government’s National Child ...

04 Nov 2025 at 16:56

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