Food banks are to be set up by charities across the country in an attempt to feed the estimated 600,000 people suffering from food poverty.

Over 5,000 free curries will be dished out in Cork to highlight how much food is still wasted, writes Joe McNamee

While vegetarian curry may not be the most traditional of native nosh, The Menu shall nonetheless join the anticipated 5,000 diners on Cork’s Grand Parade at Feed The City (March 15), one strand of the city’s St Patrick’s Festival weekend.(www.corkstpatricksfestival.ie)