Around 3,000 people have queued outside the Capuchin Day Centre in Dublin to collect Christmas food packages.
The city-centre based organisation gives out food packages every week to families in need, but says the financial pressure at this time of the year means that there is always a greater demand for their Christmas packages.
The parcels contain staple foods such as bread, milk, tea and sugar as well as chicken, bacon and sausages.
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The centre reported that people began queuing for the packages from half past six this morning.
Brother Kevin of the Capuchin Day Centre, said they are aiming to make a Christmas food package available for anybody who needs one:
