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Monday 21 September 2020
As charities see demand increase this Christmas, the team behind FoodCloud is making things a little easier.
One in 11 people in Ireland are estimated to experience food poverty.
For the first time in human history our biggest killers are not pathogens, at least in the Western world, but illnesses created by poor diet and the drive to consume more calories.
A full third of Irish parents with young children are concerned about feeding their family.
Because of the recession, many families are still struggling to put food on the table.
Baroness Jenkin made the remarks in Westminster yesterday.
A food poverty charity has asked Joan Burton to consider ow expensive it is to feed teenagers when drafting the next Budget.
Everyday items such as cereals, yoghurts and ice cream have a hefty climate footprint. A quarter of all emissions are coming from the food system and these emissions are growing as demand for food rises.
Oxfam is calling on G7 leaders who are meting tomorrow to reassess Europe’s energy strategy to move towards more sustainable and affordable fuels.
The first bank opens in Cork in June, with another in Dublin to follow.
A worrying statistic from today’s OECD report.
A new €3.8 billion EU initiative, FEAD, will help overcome extreme deprivation in Ireland and all across Europe, writes Emer Costello MEP.
Socialist Party MEP Paul Murphy said the increase is welcome but it is still too low considering the scale of poverty across the EU.
Up to 500,000 children in developing countries go blind each year due to vitamin A deficiency.
We visited the centre yesterday to see what staff and volunteers would be cooking up for their annual festive gala.
Food poverty is a difficult – but very real – fact to accept in modern society. Ireland must now make a decision on how to implement a programme to tackle rising poverty and social exclusion, writes Emer Costello.
Two unions are calling on the government to provide aid to organisations offering food assistance to those struggling this Christmas.
How much does it cost to bring football into disrepute on Twitter? And how do NAMA’s accounts look?
On World Food Day, a United Nations and EC official for agriculture declare that progress has been made in tackling hunger – but that one in eight people is still undernourished.
Those most at risk are those with low incomes, young families and lone parents, according to research commissioned by the Department of Social Protection.
Nine things you need to know this morning.
PUBS OUTSIDE DUBLIN that don’t serve food will be permitted to open today for the first time since March.
Strict measures will be in place: customers will not be able to sit at or order at the bar, and groups will be limited to six people from three different households, with distancing of at least one metre between each table.
If a pub can implement a distance of two metres, the 105-minute time limit for customers can be waived. All customers are to be off the premises by 11.30pm.
Amidst a rising number of cases in counties around the country, Professor Philip Nolan told RTÉ’s Morning Ireland that although people outside of Dublin can go to the pub, “the question is should you, and how often”.
So, with that in mind, will you go to a ‘wet’ pub this week?
Poll Results:
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
Some sun; fog early in the day
Max: 19 °C
Min: 10 °C
Mostly cloudy with a couple of showers
Max: 17 °C
Min: 7 °C
Clouds and sun with a shower
Max: 13 °C
Min: 6 °C
