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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
National
Sophie Collins

Survey shows devastating effects of inflation as children arrive to school hungry every day

A new survey has revealed alarming statistics about children going hungry in Ireland with nearly four in 10 teachers claiming the number is increasing.

The research was conducted by Kellog Ireland with 211 teachers working in primary and secondary schools nationwide.

It found that a massive 78 per cent of these teachers said they have hungry children in their classroom every week and 40 per cent say it is happening every day.

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