Green Glens Arena in Co Cork among venues lined up to shelter refugees from Ukraine

The Green Glens Arena in Millstreet, Co Cork — best known for showjumping and for hosting the Eurovision song contest final in 1993 — may be used to shelter refugees from Ukraine. File picture: Dan Linehan

Large arenas such as the Green Glens Arena in Millstreet, Co Cork and the National Show Centre in north County Dublin are being lined up as short-term accommodation to house Ukrainian refugees.

More than 10m people have now fled their homes since the Russian invasion, with more than 9,000 refugees arriving in Ireland as of Friday night.