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"The head lice jumped from his head onto mine."

It's back to school which can mean a whole lot of frustrations, around bad traffic, kids not eati...

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14.54 29 Aug 2019


"The head lice jumped from his head onto mine."


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14.54 29 Aug 2019


It's back to school which can mean a whole lot of frustrations, around bad traffic, kids not eating their packed lunch and head lice.

Up to 20,000 kids have head lice in Ireland at any one time, according to new data.

The peak age is between 7 and 8, with 20,000 under-14s suffering on a daily basis, Henry McKean went out and about to ask about nits.


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