The most welcoming towns for Ukrainian refugees have been revealed

Ukrainian children Bondar Lev, aged two, plays with three-year-old Daryna Halytskw on the beach at Redbarn, Co. Cork, recently. Picture: David Creedon

There are now almost 35,700 refugees from Ukraine in Ireland, with 2,500 arriving in the two weeks up to the bank holiday weekend.

Figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) show that of the 6,824 children who arrived from Ukraine and enrolled in school, 70% were in primary education while 30% were in secondary education.