Vacant properties ‘could house 5,000 Ukrainian refugees in coming weeks’

Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien (Niall Carson/PA)

Nearly 90 state-owned properties are almost ready to be used to house Ukrainian refugees.

Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien, speaking after a Cabinet meeting, said that his department had identified 529 vacant or unused buildings that could be used to provide housing for arriving refugees from Ukraine.