Research: 10% living in food poverty

Almost 450,000 people in Ireland are living in food poverty following a 3% rise in the numbers lacking an adequate, nutritious diet in 2010.

Research commissioned by the Department of Social Protection shows that 10% of the population now suffers from food poverty.

It identified the un-employed, people on low incomes, the sick, and people with disabilities as the groups most likely to suffer food poverty.