Some college students are turning to Cork Penny Dinners in order to feed themselves as they struggle to meet rising rent costs
Catriona Twomey says she is distributing emergency packs to students who are skipping meals in order to pay their rent
She has welcomed the new Government accommodation initiative for students as she says the cost of accommodation is crippling college goers
Speaking to RedFM News Catriona Twomey says she is distributing emergency packs on daily basis with the necessities to help them get through the day
"The students come for a bite to eat, they come for a bit of dinner to take away with them and they'll take a survival bag which has sandwiches, water, fruit, crisps, biscuits, etc just enough stuff to have a munch on and to keep them going. They can come back again the following day for the same. But they're very giving the students and they volunteer with us, so it's kind of six one and half a dozen of the other - we help them and they help us"
