No-fry zones around schools could become more common after campaigners scored a major victory in Wicklow.
Councillors there have voted to ban new takeaways from being built or operated within 400 metres of schools, in an effort to curb childhood obesity.
A 200 metre ban is already in place in Co Wexford, as well as in Fingal and Dun Laoghaire in Dublin.
Philip Moyles, chairman of the campaign group No Fry Zone 4 Kids, told the Irish Independent: "We are delighted that the councillors have taken this step forward in the fight against obesity."
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