Today is Ash Wednesday within the Christian religion, which also marks the start of Lent!

This was historically widely observed in Ireland, with many people giving up comfort foods and vices as an act of penance but is this tradition still practiced?

Newstalk Reporter Elaine Smith took to the streets of Cork to find out and we also heard from Leslie Shoemaker, Counselling Psychologist and Lecturer in TU Dublin – How hard is it to give up something and break a habit?