‘Food deserts’ and bad planning letting takeaways be built near community gardens and youth facilities are part of a growing food poverty problem, a conference heard yesterday.

Irish stocks are climbing three times faster than equities in Spain, Italy, Greece and Portugal as the nation looks to become the first country to exit a EU-led bailout.

SOCIAL welfare and child benefit cuts in the budget will see poorer people buying cheap, unhealthy food and developing long-term health problems, a group campaigning for healthy eating for low-income groups has claimed.