40% of nine-year-olds suffer from bullying

TWO out of five of all nine-year-olds in Ireland have said they were bullied in the past 12 months, a major new study has revealed.

It also found one in five children (19%) were overweight, with a further 7% described as obese and that children whose parents had weight problems were three times more likely to be overweight or obese;

It also found wide inequality based on their family’s socio-economic status.