People ‘falling over themselves’ to help St Vincent de Paul this Christmas

People are “falling over” themselves to help St Vincent de Paul which is set to feed 2,500 families in Cork this Christmas.

People ‘falling over themselves’ to help St Vincent de Paul this Christmas

“People are falling over themselves to give. Everyone wants to help. Word gets out we’re collecting and people just appear, they just climb out of the woodwork,” said Kate Durrant, secretary of SVP’s Cork food conference, St Fiacre’s.

The group feeds more than 200 families a week, but they will distribute food parcels to 2,500 homes in Cork City and county over the coming days.

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