New study examining effects of lockdown on allergy development

Professor Hourihan: We want to see children playing on the floor, getting dirty, and being exposed to lots of people in lots of environments. File picture: iStock/PA. 

A new study is to examine if babies born in Ireland during lockdown are more likely to develop allergies.

It will be led by clinician-scientists from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and Temple Street Children's University Hospital.