Cricket players living in direct provision in Cork who are practising between buildings at their accommodation centre are in a frantic search to find a place to train so they don’t have to give up the sport.

Asylum seekers from as diverse countries as the Ukraine and Burundi plan to go on a tour of direct provision centres all around the country next year in a bid to spread their message of hope.

Three years ago, Norbert fled his homeland for Ireland, in the hope of securing refugee status and bringing his wife and four children to Ireland, and safety.