Soaring inflation has hit everyone in the pocket, but community cafes, which offer discounted meals to disadvantaged communities, have really felt the hit. Linda Ledger is CEO of St Munchin’s Community Centre in Limerick, and she recently announced that for the first time in more than 20 years it will not be offering Christmas dinners on December 25.

“I can’t ask my staff to come in on Christmas Day when they mightn’t have a job next year,” she warned.