A CORK charity has extended its gratitude after being whittled down from hundreds of nominations to receive vital funding.

Pupils at New Inn School in Glanmire are spreading kindness this Christmas, with their own creative fundraiser in aid of Cork Penny Dinners.

TAOISEACH Micheál Martin is set to meet with the heads of two local charities in relation to disturbing sexual abuse affecting Cork’s homeless community.

THE head of a Cork charity has voiced concern around the high number of service-users they are losing to suicides despite several pleas for government action.

THE head of a charity that helps vulnerable people in Cork has said ‘stomach-churning’ sex attacks are taking place on homeless women on the city’s streets.

Cork Penny Dinners coordinator Catriona Twomey has paid tribute to a volunteer who died suddenly on Friday night Lithuanian native, Arunas Butkus, who was in his 50s, was found dead on Oliver Plunkett Street, close to the Cork Simon centre.

A Cork GAA club has been hailed as a saviour to one of the city’s oldest charities at a time when they were "very very stretched".

Cork Penny Dinners was the location for a drunken disturbance caused by one of the patrons and now he has been jailed for three months for his behaviour.

A new video posted by Knocknaheeny-based community group 'Impact Our Community Matters' gives a glimpse into the phenomenal work volunteers at Cork Penny Dinners are doing.

Six weeks ago, Ballinlough Youth Club launched a food appeal in aid of Cork Penny Dinners who are experiencing an even greater demand on their services at present as a result of the current crisis.

Up to 1,000 food hampers a week are being prepared and delivered by Penny Dinners to people struggling to survive during the Covid-19 lockdown in Cork.

Communities are pulling together, checking in on their elderly, offering words of encouragement to one another and donating vital supplies to those that need them most.

A Cork woman has decided to scrap the idea of a traditional 30th birthday celebration in favour of something a bit different for charity.

A FORMER prisoner whose friends died from overdoses just inches away from him warned of the devastation being inflicted by Cork’s heroin epidemic.