Demand for UCC food bank highlights 'reality of student poverty'

The food bank in UCC set up the UCCSU ran out of food after just 50 minutes. Picture: Caoimhe Walsh/Twitter

Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has acknowledged the hardship faced by college students in the wake of a UCC food bank running out of supplies in less than 50 minutes. 

University College Cork Students' Union (UCCSU) opened a food bank at 5pm on Wednesday evening, stocked by donations from Cork Penny Dinners, but such was the level of demand it ran out of supplies after 48 minutes.