THREE out of four asthma patients in Ireland do not have an asthma management plan, an essential element in controlling the condition, a new survey reveals.

In a statement marking World Asthma Day today, Sinn Féin Health and Children spokesperson Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin has called on the Government to formulate a national strategy to address the condition.

The Government must act to tackle the growing number of young people suffering from asthma in Ireland, it was claimed today.

PEOPLE with asthma could reduce the need for hospital treatment if the costs of treating the illness were reduced and more information about control was available, according to the Asthma Society of Ireland (ASI).

ALMOST one-in-three children in Ireland has asthma, new figures show.

New figures released this morning show that Ireland has the fourth-highest rate of asthma sufferers in the world.