Government in 'advanced' talks with Airbnb as more than 15,000 Ukrainians come to Ireland

A young Ukrainian refugee cries on the shoulder of her mother at Przemysl Glowny train station in Poland after arriving from Ukraine to flee the Russian invasion. Photo: Victoria Jones/PA

More than 14,000 PPS numbers have already been issued to Ukrainian people who have arrived here since the Russian invasion.

Social Protection Minister Heather Humphreys has told the Dáil that officials are responding in a "sensitive and caring way" to the tens of thousands who are fleeing their country and are expected to seek refuge here in the coming days and weeks.