Calls for minimum wage rise as workers in retail, building and legal sectors turn to soup kitchens

A soup kitchen charity has called for an increase in the national minimum wage after seeing people with jobs turning to it for help, writes Eoin English.

Cork charity Penny Dinners, which dishes out up to 2,000 meals a week to the city’s needy, said it has seen struggling workers in the retail, building, and legal sectors come through its doors seeking a free meal in the last 12 months.