With more people facing homelessness and food banks reporting a surge in use, emergency measures are badly needed

Cork charity has new clients registering every week, with 443 signing up for its service this year

Along with Denmark, wherever you look in the latest Eurostat survey, Ireland is the most expensive for consumers.

Feed Cork, a food bank and cafe that fights food poverty Leeside has seen more than a two-thirds increase in demand for its services since the Covid-19 crisis.

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