Child asthma information booklet published in Polish

AN information booklet on the management of children’s asthma has been published in Polish to help Ireland’s single biggest immigrant community learn more about the disease and the support available.

Asthma nurse specialist with the Irish Asthma Society, Frances Guiney, said Polish people were contacting the organisation to see what help was available even before they decided to come to work in Ireland.

Poles constitute the largest group of the new workers who have come to Ireland since May 2004 — there are around 120,000 living in the country at present.