Junk food gets boot as school dishes out healthy meals

A PRIMARY school in Moyross, a disadvantaged part of Limerick, is way ahead of Tony Blair and celebrity chef Jamie Oliver in tackling the junk food epidemic in the classroom.

It has pioneered a healthy food programme, with the distribution of healthy meal packs each day to children. Corpus Christi primary school’s initiative is now being replicated in other schools around the country.

A Spring Food Festival from April 25 to May 6 will also involve a chef showing children and their parents various ways to cook up a healthy meal.