IRISH kids will be on top of the world next year when a charity climber plants their flags on the highest peaks of the seven continents.

One-fifth of Irish people never exercise at all, while one-quarter only exercise once-a-month or less, according to a new survey.

WE may not have Everest, the Alps or the Pyrenees, but climbing Ireland’s highest 26 mountains is no small feat — especially if you’re going to do it in less than 100 hours.

One in three women over the age of 50 will be affected by the devastating bone disease osteoporosis, it was claimed tonight.

The Irish Osteoporosis Society says one in three women over the age of 50 is likely to break a bone in her lifetime due to osteoporosis.

WOMEN of all ages are being urged to take action to avoid osteoporosis, a crippling bone disease that affects one in three in this country.

One in eight men is likely to develop an oesteoprotic-related fracture at some stage of their life, according to the president of the Irish osteoporosis society, Professor Moira O'Brien.

TOP GUN Nicholas Flood suffers from osteoporosis — a condition that was fortunately detected and reversed before it did any long-term damage to him.