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Food Cloud / Food Banks

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  • 27-10-2016 4:10pm
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    Andy From Sligo
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    Although a great idea and helps people out who are on a low income or no income and cant afford to pay for food - should there be a place in society for food banks?

    Does it not give out the wrong signals that the countries benefits system for the poor and vulnerable is un-sufficient and embarrassing and not fit for purpose if independent charities have to set these up, you would think 'food banks' would have been assigned to recession of many years ago in the 1950's or something never to return in modern day society!
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    ThisRegard
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    They do exist, some of the supermarkets regularly donate to them, CrossCare for example http://www.crosscarefoodbank.ie/index.php/about/our-donors

    edit: Read this bit as a question asking if they should exist, " should there be a place in society for food banks? "


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    9or10
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    Interesting


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    qo2cj1dsne8y4k
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    What can you do though? Leave people hungry because the dole was spent on drink or drugs or in the bookies? Nobody should be left hungry, its 2016.


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    jimgoose
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    Would it be a better class of a "Society" that would leave some people dying in a heap for the want of a bit of bread, like that poor creature in Yemen, for fear of showing itself up in front of the neighbours?


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