Irish children are overweight as they 'have to be driven everywhere' 

Green Party deputy leader Róisín Garvey said it was 'insane that we still have kids being driven to school from across the road'

Róisín Garvey has called for more road space to be allocated towards footpaths and for more pedestrian crossings. File picture: Sasko Lazarov/RollingNews.ie

More Irish children are overweight as they “have to be driven everywhere”, Green Party deputy leader Róisín Garvey has said.

Ms Garvey called for more road space to be allocated towards footpaths and for more pedestrian crossings, saying cars are still “king” within the country.