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<p>Survey of 1,000 adults found 41% of parents said they had skipped a meal themselves or reduced their portion size to feed their children.</p>

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'It’s a constant stress': Government urged to act amid surge in families turning to food banks

Parents skipping meals, borrowing money to feed their children, and cutting spending on clothes to buy food, survey found

<p>Feed Cork directors Hamp Sirmans and Sharon Mullins with some 'After School Fuel' dinners for children which are available at Feed Cork. Picture: Howard Crowdy</p>

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'We will be there for them': Cork food bank sees surge in numbers using service

<p> Pastor Hamp Sirmans (centre) with Feed Cork volunteers Natalee and Gavin Monaghan. The food bank says that it has registered as many new clients in the first six months of this year as it did for the whole of 2021. Picture: Jim Coughlan.</p>

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Irish Examiner view: Warnings aplenty for Ireland’s economy

Huge increase in people turning to food banks as cost-of-living crisis deepens

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Huge increase in people turning to food banks as cost-of-living crisis deepens

Ireland has the highest prices in the EU — and it's even worse than we think

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Ireland has the highest prices in the EU — and it's even worse than we think

Frontline Workers: Food bank sees surge in demand for its services

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Frontline Workers: Food bank sees surge in demand for its services

Irish Examiner View: Already stretched food banks braced for huge surge

Irish Examiner View: Already stretched food banks braced for huge surge

When the histories of this pandemic come to be written, most will follow a predicable path.

Sun, 05 Apr, 2020