A refugee family's journey from Syria to north Cork

Operation Mayday aims to help refugees settle in their new surroundings in Ireland, writes Joe Leogue.

A man sits in the meeting room of the Patrician Academy, a secondary school in Mallow, Co Cork. He’s here to talk about his 16-year-old son.

The boy, an avid Real Madrid fan who likes to draw, isn’t here — his transition year class have gone for driving lessons, something he has been looking forward to.