Soup run says it may have to close after inspectors issue it with letter of compliance 

Soup run says it may have to close after inspectors issue it with letter of compliance 

Denise Carroll, organiser of the Homeless Street Cafe, photographed on Grafon St in Dublin last year. Picture: Moya Nolan

The founder of a longstanding weekly soup run for the homeless has said the voluntary operation may have to cease after environmental health inspectors issued a list of requirements if they are to stay open.

The Homeless Street Cafe has held a soup run every Tuesday for five years on Dublin's Grafton St but now faces having to close up after a recent inspection led to a letter of compliance being issued, with co-founder Denise Carroll saying meeting those requirements may not be feasible.

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