More than one-in-five children suffer from asthma

ASTHMA rates have increased dramatically over the past decade and the condition now affects more than one in five Irish children.

Research carried out by medics at St James’ Hospital and Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) shows the prevalence of asthma among Irish children is one of the highest in the world.

It warns that an “asthma epidemic” is developing among children here and calls on the Government to invest more funding for research into why this is happening.