Under-18s to be banned from sunbeds

THE use of sunbeds by under-18s is to be banned, Health Minister Mary Harney has again declared.

Four years after promising a crackdown, Ms Harney said she would seek Government approval later this month to introduce legislation to regulate the use of sunbeds, which would also outlaw unsupervised services.

The commitment by the minister comes as new research revealed almost 140,000 people are regular users.