Making the choice between buying food or tampons: for some, this is a serious financial dilemma – and one which is repeated each month. A report launched by the Department of Health and the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth has estimated up to 85,000 people in Ireland who menstruate are at risk of what is known as “period poverty” – the inability to access appropriate hygiene products.
The same Government report, which was released in February, estimates the cost of these items at around €121 per year. In countries where more data on period poverty has been collected, those affected have said they have gone without food in order to buy necessary products, have had limited or no access to period products and have suffered health conditions as a result of poor period hygiene.
Owner of The Beauty Bee Salon and British Car Auction employee raise funds for Bourne Foodbank through Facebook raffle
| Updated: 16:09, 10 December 2020
Two Bourne business owners have donated funds to a foodbank following the success of their charity raffle.
Lucie Lambe, owner of The Beauty Bee salon, and Tuesday-Maria Osborne, who works for British Car Auction, hosted a virtual Facebook raffle to raise money for Bourne Foodbank.
Tuesday-Maria, 29, said: âWe found that with this year there are so many people that will depend on the foodbank with losing their jobs, businesses and homes. There is such an array of people that will need it this year.