‘It is a time to be with family. But this year this can’t be. I’m very sad’

St Augustine’s Church is a focus point for many refugees in Limerick, particularly at Christmas, reports Mid-West Correspondent Jimmy Woulfe.

FRANKIE RUZIDARI is preparing to spend the saddest Christmas Day of his life in Limerick tomorrow.

It will be the first Christmas he will have spent away from his family in the Congo since he fled the country last March.