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Soup kitchen reintroduces sit down meals which ceased during pandemic

Soup kitchen reintroduces sit down meals which ceased during pandemic

Mon, 20 Apr, 2026

The traditional sit down meal at Cork Penny Dinners ceased during the Covid Pandemic. Service users were instead given the option of taking their meals away.

'Cost of living is out of control': Cork soup kitchen feeding 500 people a day

'Cost of living is out of control': Cork soup kitchen feeding 500 people a day

Tue, 16 Dec, 2025

Caitriona Twomey of Penny Dinners soup kitchen in Cork city said that it is the 'reality of 2025 and it will be the reality of 2026' that people are going hungry in Ireland.

Two arrested in connection with death of Cork woman Vanessa O'Callaghan

Two arrested in connection with death of Cork woman Vanessa O'Callaghan

Thu, 31 Jul, 2025

Vanessa O'Callaghan died at Cork University Hospital three days after an assault

People of Cork come together to pay funeral costs of woman killed in Cork street attack

People of Cork come together to pay funeral costs of woman killed in Cork street attack

Thu, 19 Dec, 2024

Vanessa O'Callaghan (36) had spent years on the streets of Cork.

Sister of woman who died after Cork street attack calls for more gardaí in city centre

Sister of woman who died after Cork street attack calls for more gardaí in city centre

Fri, 06 Dec, 2024

Lynda O’Callaghan said her sister Vanessa (36) had spent years on the streets of Cork.

Soup kitchen organisers to hold vigils in memory of woman who died in Cork street attack

Soup kitchen organisers to hold vigils in memory of woman who died in Cork street attack

Thu, 05 Dec, 2024

Volunteers who organise regular soup kitchens in Cork have called for better services to be provided for vulnerable people such as Vanessa O’Callaghan (36) who died in hospital yesterday after being assaulted in the city centre last weekend