Department 'aware' of severe housing issues facing Syrian refugees

Campaigner Ruairí McKiernan has raised the housing issues for Syrian refufees in Co Longford. File picture.

The Department of Children has said it is "aware" of housing issues affecting Syrian refugees in Co Longford after claims that a pregnant woman had to sleep in her car with the engine running to keep warm.

The claim was made by campaigner and former member of the Council of State, Ruairí McKiernan, referring to families settled here as part of the Irish Refugee Resettlement Programme.