Hard times... Irish find comfort in soup kitchen

Nov 09, 2012, 01:59 PM

Soup kitchens might conjure up images from the Great Depression of the thirties, but in the Republic they're a growing phenomenon. The town of Athlone in the Irish midlands is about to see its first soup kitchen open. The man behind it has been running a similar kitchen in his home town of Galway for the past five months. Our Dublin reporter Jennifer O'Leary has this report (Broadcast Good Morning Ulster Nov 1)