Huge increase in people turning to food banks as cost-of-living crisis deepens

Feed Cork volunteer Jessica Oller: Feed Cork opens on Wednesday and Thursday mornings, but volunteers are working Monday to Friday handling food donations and preparing it for when clients come in.

A food bank in Cork city has registered almost as many new clients in the first six months of the year as it did for all of last year as the cost-of-living crisis deepens.

Feed Cork, which distributes food to families in need, is registering new clients every week, with 443 coming forward so far this year. For all of last year, it registered 480 new clients.