Families ‘petrified’ by sky-high prices in the run up to Christmas

HEad of Cork Penny Dinners, Caitriona Twomey, and cook, Philippe Chabalier working in the kitchen. Picture: David Creedon

Cork charity Penny Dinners has said families are coming forward “distraught and petrified” over sky-high bills and grocery prices in the run-up to Christmas.

The charity sector is warning that families have "no wiggle room” to manage their way out of food poverty.