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MONITOR:THERE WAS A time when we were warned off eggs – it was thought they contained too much cholesterol – and an entire nation, seemingly, moved away from the idea that an egg a day was okay.

The advice has now been reversed, not just in Ireland but in other countries, too. Yet recent research from UCD points to some unevenness in egg consumption still. Some of us may be missing out on their benefits.