'I’m embarrassed we have offered so little': Ireland yet to take 500 elderly and vulnerable refugees 

Refugees from Ukraine entering Moldova at Palanca-Maiaky-Udobne border crossing point between Moldova and Ukraine, on March 30. Picture: Daniel Mihailescu/AFP via Getty

Ireland needs to better help Moldova support the hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian refugees arriving into the country and honour its commitment to take 500 vulnerable people, the chairman of the joint committee on EU affairs has said following a visit to the area.

Nearly 400,000 refugees have so far fled into Moldova to escape the Russian invasion.