Boxing clever: Work, eat and rest to be your best 

A good diet and plenty of exercise can help children to thrive, says the world champion boxer 

Champion boxer Kellie Harrington features in a new series of educational videos produced by the National Dairy Council and Bord Bia. Picture:  Robbie Reynolds 

Every Wednesday morning, during the school closures of the first and third lockdowns, Niall Crofton, principal at St Brendan’s Boys’ NS, Birr and SNA Helen Kirwan waited for the Glanmore Foods lorry.

As soon as it arrived on the school grounds at 10am, they’d unload the food packs, containing items valued at €10, and place them spaced out on a bench in the school’s long shed – an open, covered area measuring 109m.