Family of 10 first Syrian refugees to relocate to Ireland

A family of 10 fleeing Syria will be the first group of refugees relocated to Ireland under the current EU plans to address the migration crisis.

The mother and father and their eight young children are in Athens and will meet officials from the Department of Justice in the days ahead before their arrival in Ireland later this month.

The refugee protection programme taskforce met yesterday and discussed their arrival as well as the offer of 85 hotels and apartments which have been proposed as emergency centres for refugees being resettled here.