One in five primary school children in the Republic are overweight or obese, according to figures from the Childhood Obesity Surveillance initiative. Photograph: Getty Images

Low-income families in Ireland need to spend up to one third of their weekly income to afford a healthy food basket that meets nutritional needs, a new report has found.

The Safefood research published on Tuesday breaks down the average spend of different households needed to

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