'You can see how the harshness of poverty has got to them': Penny Dinners feeding 2,000 a week

A charity which feeds the homeless in Cork is providing up to 2,000 dinners a week up from a figure of just 80 to 100 in the Celtic Tiger years.

Caitriona Twomey, who runs Penny Dinners in Little Hanover Street, says they also make up hampers for the needy in addition to assisting homeless people who are being accommodated in temporary accommodation.