Organisation: Cork Penny Dinners

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<p>Independent coffee shops across Cork city are set to be transformed into vibrant social hubs after hours on November 28 and 29. Photo: iStock image.</p>

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Coffee House Lates: Here are the coffee shops opening after hours in Cork city

If you're looking for alcohol-free evening activities in the city then check out ‘Coffee House Lates’ — an initiative running as part of the Night-Time Economy Strategy for Cork city

<p>Students at Terence MacSwiney Community College Tina O’Connor, Mia Twomey, Tony Doherty, Julia O’Neill, and Ciara Hegarty Rodgers pack up their leftover school dinners ready to donate them to the homeless in Cork. Picture: Chani Anderson</p>

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Over 20,000 meals donated to homeless from school leftovers

<p>Chloe O’ Leary (left), 11, with Catriona Twomey of Cork’s Penny Dinners where she donated her Communion dress to the charity's pop-up Communion boutique. Picture: Chani Anderson</p>

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Chloe, 11, hopes 'girl has the most best Communion day ever' with dress donated to Cork Penny Dinners

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More homeless people will die unless urgent action is taken, charities warn

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Cork Penny Dinners feeding 1,000 people daily as cost of living crisis deepens

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'It's amazing — it's going to change how the homeless are looked at': Riva finds her forever home in Cork

People are dying while they wait for housing, meeting told

The public meeting of 100 people heard from charity workers and campaigners about the problems faced by thousands of renters in vulnerable tenancies, and those living without a home

Wed, 15 Mar, 2023

Families ‘petrified’ by sky-high prices in the run up to Christmas

Caitriona Twomey of Cork Penny Dinners said she was “alarmed by what people are facing this Christmas. People should not be worried about reaching out to us. We’ve heard every story you can possibly hear.”

Mon, 12 Dec, 2022

‘People are coming to us crying’: Poorer households suffer higher inflation

Cork Penny Dinners has seen an increase recently of people with good jobs from middle-class backgrounds not traditionally associated with needing the service.

Sat, 19 Nov, 2022

Caitriona Twomey: People are without so much — 'grim' is the only word that suits it

One jobless man asked Cork Penny Dinners for baby wipes to wash himself

Mon, 26 Sep, 2022

Cork protest hears of panic over soaring costs

Surging fuel prices and back-to-school costs are causing grave concern to families, say people taking part in Monday's protest

Mon, 11 Jul, 2022

'Times are really tough': How the cost of living is affecting people from all walks of life

"Right now we don’t know how we are going to cover childcare costs next year if fuel costs continue to rise," says teacher Robbie Ó Hallmhuráin.

Sat, 25 Jun, 2022

Calls for increases in social welfare rates to protect low-income households

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has so far resisted calls for a mini-budget, insisting that the autumn budget will be a 'cost of living budget'

Mon, 20 Jun, 2022

'Shame on you for what you are doing to us': Cost of living protestors take to the streets nationwide

Caitriona Twomey: 'We hear the government say they are ploughing billions into x, y, and z, but where is it going? Because nobody sees it'

Sat, 18 Jun, 2022

Cork Humanitarian Aid Ireland on course to reach Ukrainian border by Friday

"It’s starting to get very real for us now," said Caitriona Twomey of Cork Penny Dinners.

Wed, 09 Mar, 2022

Cork Penny Dinners stalwart among volunteers to drive van-loads of supplies into Ukraine

Caitriona Twomey said: 'We'll identify the routes and the places as we go. If we need to go back ourselves, we will.'

Thu, 03 Mar, 2022

Siblings praised for donating pocket money to beloved Cork charity

'Nanny told us you are a very good lady and you help feed all the people who need food'

Tue, 20 Apr, 2021

Irish Examiner view: It's within our power to prevent homeless deaths

The warning that we can anticipate that more homeless people will die on the streets of Cork can hardly be ignored. It came from just days after the second homeless man to die in the city in under two weeks was buried.

Tue, 30 Mar, 2021

Special Report: The faces and stories behind the homeless deaths

With people confined to their houses, those without homes are dying in unprecedented numbers. Michail, Gary, and Iggy are among those who died on our streets since the beginning of Covid-19. These are their stories

Tue, 16 Feb, 2021

Tributes paid to Abbey McGeough, 12, who passed away after short life of 'courage and determination'

Tributes have been paid to a 12 year old girl with spastic diplegia cerebral palsy who has passed away at Cork University Hospital following a short life full of battles and courageously overcoming obstacles.

Sun, 10 May, 2020

Coronavirus Solidarity Diary: Cork hotel holding virtual brunch to raise funds for Penny Dinners

Welcome to Chapter Eight of the Irish Examiner's #CoronavirusSolidarity diary.

Sun, 10 May, 2020

On the beat with the community Gardaí

Dog-walking, traffic checks, lawn-cutting, food parcel drops and home visits, it’s all in a day’s work for Cork’s busy community Gardaí. Donal O’Keeffe joins them on the lockdown beat.

Mon, 04 May, 2020

'As a school, it’s the least we can do': School Meals programme continues through crisis

The country’s School Meals programme is continuing and demand is greater than ever, says Jess Casey

Mon, 06 Apr, 2020

Cork's Penny Dinners receives gift of a deep-clean to help keep food aid going

One of the country's oldest charities has moved to reassure people that of all the worries they face now, food should not be one of them.

Wed, 25 Mar, 2020

Cork charities and health workers to benefit as fruit and veg seller gives away warehouse of stock

A businessman with a warehouse full of fruit and veg is giving it away wholesale before it rots as businesses in Cork City promise they’ll be ‘back soon’.

Thu, 19 Mar, 2020

'We will keep going': Cork Penny Dinners makes urgent appeal for 'practical' tinned items

A soup kitchen that provides up to 2,000 dinners a week to the homeless in Cork has issued an urgent appeal for specific small tinned items that can be given out to the needy during the outbreak of Covid 19.

Wed, 18 Mar, 2020

Family pay tribute as it emerges Cork murder victim had just moved into homeless accommodation

Murder victim Francis 'Frankie' Dunne was a client of a high-support shelter a short distance from where his decapitated body was found.

Mon, 30 Dec, 2019

Cork Penny Dinners overwhelmed by generosity as they prepare to feed 200 on Christmas Day

Sports legends including Roy Keane, Tomas Ó Sé, Thomas Mulcahy and Rob Heffernan were among those who dropped in to support broadcaster, Trevor Welch's, fundraising booksale.

Fri, 20 Dec, 2019

Brother of returned missing man: 'Ronan simply vanished'

Corkman Ciaran Baxter was one of over 300 people invited to attend National Missing Persons Day in Dublin.

Wed, 04 Dec, 2019

High Hopes choir to perform alongside Hothouse Flowers in special charity concert

All profits from the event will be used to provide Christmas dinner for homeless people in Clare on December 25.

Mon, 25 Nov, 2019

Penny Dinners offers key to brighter future

High walls hide a hive of activity as builders on stilts expertly plaster and polish what will be Cork Penny Dinners' brand new day centre in the city.

Mon, 25 Nov, 2019

CBC students praised for birthday money donation to Cork Penny Dinners

CBC students Donal, Max, Theo and Jack used joint birthday party to raise €880 for Cork Penny Dinners.

Thu, 07 Nov, 2019

'This is our way of showing the Government that there is a way': Cork charity set to provide homes to people

Soup-kitchen charity, Cork Penny Dinners, has bought a city centre apartment which has been converted into its first supported housing project.

Mon, 21 Oct, 2019

Homeless chef killed in Cork had previously been hospitalised three times following assaults

A homeless chef who was killed on the streets of Cork said in a moving radio interview last winter that he felt unsafe on the streets and had been hospitalised three times following assaults on his person.

Mon, 14 Oct, 2019

Garda raid on poitín operation targetting homeless people ‘will save lives’

People working on the frontline of Cork’s homeless crisis say lives will be saved after gardaí raided a ‘Polish poitín’ operation which was selling hundreds of litres of illicit alcohol to rough sleepers.

Thu, 26 Sep, 2019

Cork tented village: 'We look after each other, look out for each other...it’s our sanctuary’

A tented village offers a ‘safe haven’ for those who want to avoid Cork City’s homeless shelters, writes Eoin English.

Thu, 29 Aug, 2019

'You feel like a failure' - Homeless man walked 10km with a toddler to get a hot meal at Cork charity

Earlier this month, a husband and wife and their children walked from their emergency accommodation in Little Island on the outskirts of the city to the soup kitchen on Little Hanover Street.

Sun, 14 Jul, 2019

Homeless family make a 10km walk for food while pushing toddler in a toy pram

A homeless Cork couple walked more than 10km pushing their toddler in a toy buggy to get a hot meal.

Tue, 02 Jul, 2019

How to dine with four Michelin star chefs in Cork

A very special multi-course dinner in aid of two Cork charities will see four Cork Michelin-starred chefs come together, writes Joe McNamee.

Thu, 18 Apr, 2019

The Menu: Food news with Joe McNamee

The Menu is delighted to bring further detail to an item alluded to in last weekend’s column, news of what promises to be one of the highlights of this year’s culinary calendar, a fundraising dinner (April 29) in aid of two Leeside charities, Cork Penny Dinners, recent recipients of the prestigious Irish Food Writers’ Guild social responsibility award, and Cork Simon.

Sat, 13 Apr, 2019

VIDEO: €250k raised for three charities at Musgrave 2018 Triathlon