How the people of Buttevant transformed a convent for people fleeing Ukraine

More than fifty local people joined North Cork Civil Defence to ready the building for refugees

Members of Cork North Civil Defence assisted in preparing a former convent in Buttevant as a rest centre for arriving Ukrainians.

A North Cork community has been praised for their work in coming together to prepare an idle convent for Ukrainian refugees.

The people of Buttevant, at the direction of North Cork Civil Defence, transformed an old convent that has been lying idle for more than four years for almost 50 refugees in a few short hours on Friday.