Recently, A European study found Ireland is the loneliest place in the EU with a large portion of young adults feeling lonely. Communities that were previously based around the church are dying out and more traditional communities tend to exclude people from marginalized groups or different backgrounds instead of celebrating Dublin's growing diversity.

How can we use food to create connections and form these new more inclusive communities?

Bring Back the Sunday Roast!

Aimed at young adults living in or near Dublin city centre, RóST is a weekly pop-up restaurant in the old fruit market on Marys Lane. Every Sunday it serves roast dinner-style meals on long tables, so you are sitting beside strangers as well as friends and able to integrate more into the community.

The menus have prompts to start those conversations and some paper games, as well as music in the evenings. The market building provides coverage on rainy days but the open windows and doors also allow people to enjoy warmer weather.