‘Nobody will have to go hungry again’

A new charity has vowed that nobody in Ireland will ever have to go hungry again.

Fri, 01 Aug, 2014 - 01:00

Sean O’Riordan

Bia Food Initiative opened its first centre in Little Island, Co Cork, yesterday from which it plans to distribute 3,000 tonnes of food annually to needy people in Munster.

The charity aims to have three food distribution hubs open in the next year.

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