Investment 'clearly needed' despite slight rise in physical activity among Irish children

Teagan Hayes in action at the Kellogg's Cúl Camp at Glen Rovers Hurling Club, Cork. Picture: Larry Cummins

Children across Ireland are only slightly more active than they were six years ago, with less than half of those aged six to 17 getting an hour's exercise in a day.

The newly-released Active Healthy Kids Report Card found that children in the Republic and the North scored a C- grade, compared to a D grade in 2016 and a D- in 2014.