What is myopia and can it be caused by children spending too much time on screens?

Childhood myopia appears to be on the increase, and could be due to looking at small screens and less time spent outdoors

10-year-old Hollie Lawlor, whose myopia was caught early. Picture: Gareth Chaney.

Pamela Lawlor's 10-year-old daughter, Hollie, had very little chance of escaping myopia.

“Both my husband and I are short-sighted, so we knew there was no hope she’d escape,” says the mum-of-one, an optometrist with Specsavers in Finglas.