One in ten people in Ireland are living in Food Poverty

A new report just published by the Department of Social Protection Social Inclusion Division has found that 450,000 people in Ireland (10% of the population) were in food poverty in 2010.

The households identified as being most vulnerable to food poverty are (i) households on low incomes, (ii) households with 3 or more children under 18, (iii) households where the head of the household is ill or disabled, (iv) lone parent households and (v) households headed by a person who is unemployed.