Asthma inhalers are being dished out like “fashion accessories”, two leading British doctors have said, as they warned that medics are over-diagnosing asthma in children.

There is no evidence that Irish doctors are over-diagnosing asthma in children but the potentially fatal condition is often trivialised, the Asthma Society of Ireland has said.

The head of Cork Institute of Technology (CIT) has said there will be a demand for skilled young craftspeople as the economy recovers.