A free shop in Wexford is seeing massive queues each week as it hands out food and clothes to those struggling amid the ongoing cost-of-living crisis.
RTÉ reports that the free shop, which opens every Tuesday morning near Courtown in Wexford, hands out items which are donated by the local community.
The free shop, founded by Riverchapel Community Free Cycle founders Liz and Aine Byrne, is located within a portacabin.
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Both food and second-hand clothes, as well as kitchen items such as glasses and crockery, are distributed.
One woman, a grandmother, who spoke to RTÉ at the shop, described the founders as "angels" saying that she avails of the shop to pick up food, nappies and baby wipes, which are essential to her and her family.
The service was initially set up as a response to Ukrainian refugees coming to the area, however, since the worsening cost-of-living crisis, more and more locals and those of other nationalities have been availing of the free food and other items.
Liz and Aine Byrne are a mother and daughter pair. Daughter Aine told RTÉ's Morning Ireland programme that one man pulled up in a 181 car, sobbing, saying that he can't pay his mortgage and that he and his family are struggling.
One woman told the programme that soaring rent and bills were her reason for availing of the free shop.
She said she cries because of the price of her electricity bill, which after paying, leaves her with nothing left over.
The free shop runs each Tuesday between 11am-1pm at the Riverchapel Community Hub near Courtown in Wexford.
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