West Cork food-parcel service opens for people in need

Sharon Mullins, volunteer co-ordinator, with Carrol Maguire, Hemp Sirmons, and Matt Corke, director, at the first Feed Cork Food Bank service, at Bandon town hall. Picture: Denis Boyle

A food-parcel service for people in need has opened in Bandon, and free boxes of foods, such as cheese, cereal, pasta, and rice, as well as frozen meat, and fresh fruit and vegetables, are now available to collect by appointment.

The Feed Cork Food Bank's city-based, volunteer-led programme opened a new satellite location in Bandon earlier this month. It is now serving West Cork and surrounding areas.