77 unaccompanied children from Ukraine referred to Tusla

People from Mariupol leave a train to be taken to temporary residences in the Nizhny Novgorod region of Russia on Thursday. The Chief Executive of the Children's Rights Alliance, Tanya Ward, said parents are facing "horrendous, very difficult decisions" to send their children overseas. Photo: AP

Approximately 77 unaccompanied minors have arrived in Ireland from Ukraine since war broke out in the country, according to Chief Executive of the Children's Rights Alliance, Tanya Ward.

Ms Ward told RTÉ's Today with Claire Byrne that she spoke to Tusla today and they informed her that 77 children have been referred to them since the beginning of the war.