Irish Times view on period poverty It shouldn’t have been left to a German discount supermarket to provide a vital public health resource through a loyalty app
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A box of branded tampons costs about €4, more than a bag of oranges, a bottle of shampoo or the cheapest whole chicken. Those are the kind of calculations some people have to make every month.
The news that Lidl Ireland, in conjunction with Homeless Period Ireland and the Simon Communities, is to offer a monthly coupon for a free box of tampons or pads to eligible customers is welcome. But it shouldn’t have been left to a German discount supermarket to provide a vital public health resource through a loyalty app.
Woman fumes on RTE s Liveline about Lidl s much-praised new initiative
One woman complained to Joe Duffy about the initative
12:43, 22 APR 2021
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An Irish woman has fumed about Lidl s Ireland recent scheme to give free period products in a bid to tackle period poverty.
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Bloody Outrageous Offaly students thank Lidl for act of kindness
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21 Apr 2021
Pictured are the Sacred Heart School students who launched a Bloody Outrageous campaign last year to highlight period poverty );
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NEWS that Lidl stores in Ireland are to donate free period products to girls and women each month has been warmly welcomed by the girls in the Sacred Heart School in Tullamore.
Transition Year students undertook to raise the issue last year and ran a campaign called Bloody Outrageous .
The students carried out a survey in the school and discovered that many girls were finding it difficult to pay for sanitary products each month.
Period products to be made available for free at Lidl stores in Cork
Jennifer Kitson, National Partnerships Manager for Simon Communities (Left) with Carla Rowe, Dublin LGFA player, Aoife Clarke, Head of Communications at Lidl Ireland and Claire Hunt, Founder of Homeless Period Ireland, pictured at the announcement of the world’s first period poverty initiative launched by a major retailer in stores nationwide by Lidl Ireland and Homeless Period Ireland. Pic. Robbie Reynolds
Mary Corcoran
Lidl Ireland is set to become the first major retailer in the world to offer free period products in stores in Cork and across the country to women and girls affected by period poverty in partnership with Homeless Period Ireland and The Simon Communities of Ireland.