More than 500 poor and homeless people have been served a three course Christmas dinner at the RDS in Dublin.

The Order of the Knights of St Columbanus also made 2 thousand 500 take away meals - with demand more than doubling over the past four years.

It's been a festive tradition in Dublin for nearly 100 years.

One of the volunteers, Marie Kavanagh, says everyone gets a goodie bag going home.