Food queues lengthen as centre offers meals to feed ever growing demand

THE line of people looking for food parcels at the Capuchin Centre in Dublin city centre is getting longer, not shorter, more than two years after photographs of the queues made the front pages.

At the weekly dispensing of food parcels from the centre on Bow Street, an estimated 1,011 people turned up, with others making contact by phone to see if it was possible to call in later to pick up a parcel.

Br Kevin Crowley, the Cork-born Capuchin Friar who has worked at the centre since 1969, said a further 250 people can call in every day for a sit-down breakfast, while up to 500 can pack the dining room for dinner.