860 homes pledged to Red Cross now ready for Ukrainian refugees

Irish Red Cross volunteers assisting Ukrainian refugees arriving at Shannon Airport. Picture: Brendan Gleeson

Some 860 properties pledged to the Irish Red Cross (IRC) have now been cleared by the Defence Forces as ready to be handed over to the Government to house Ukrainian refugees arriving in Ireland.

Around 24,000 pledges have been made to the IRC from people offering vacant properties, or to share their own homes, with more than 20,000 refugees having already arrived from Ukraine.