Ireland lags behind in PE league

Ireland has finished bottom of a table measuring the time devoted to physical education in our primary schools, it emerged today.

Ireland lags behind in PE league

Ireland has finished bottom of a table measuring the time devoted to physical education in our primary schools, it emerged today.

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development study of 29 nations found only 4% of teaching time for children aged 9-11 years was spent on PE.

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