Cork schoolboy saddles up for health prize

THE European Commission has told a 10-year-old Cork boy to get on his bike.

The lad in question did not take offence, however, as he was informed a mountain bike was top prize in an EU-wide competition testing children’s knowledge of balanced lifestyle and healthy eating habits.

A delighted Seamus Hickey received his prize in Dublin yesterday from Martin Territt, the European Commission’s director of the representation.