'No upper limit' on number of Ukrainian children who can enter Irish schools

Five-year-old Diana Petrovsky arrives at the Kingsley Hotel in Cork with her brother, mother and grandparents from Ukraine on Thursday. Photo: Michael Mac Sweeney/Provision

There is "no upper limit" on the number of Ukrainian children who can enter the Irish school system, with the government stepping up efforts to integrate the growing number of students coming here - some of whom are arriving unaccompanied.

Minister for Education Norma Foley said Education and Training Boards (ETBs) will now act as a "focal point" for new arrivals from the war-torn country, adding that she hoped to see families placed in accommodation which would allow easier access to schools.