A host of events, and a free lunch at Cork's St Patrick's Festival

There will be such a thing as a free lunch at the St Patrick’s Festival in Cork, as the city will be serving free vegetarian curry to up to 5,000 hungry visitors as part of a sustainable eating initiative.

All the vegetables would go to waste if they weren’t used for this Cork Food Policy urban dining initiative, which will take place in a St Patrick’s Festival marquee on Grand Parade.

The dishes will be made from grade two and three vegetables — vegetables which weren’t grown to the precise dimensions demanded by supermarkets — a practice lambasted worldwide.