More than 400 Ukrainian schoolchildren to take part in new GAA initiative

An initiative organised between Allianz and Cumann na mBunscol will support Ukrainian schoolchildren participate in local Gaelic game activities through their schools. Pictured are local and Ukranian students from St Oliver's National School, in Killarney, Co Kerry. Picture: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

Twenty-six schools, which between them have enrolled almost 400 Ukrainian children, are taking part in a GAA initiative aimed at supporting their new students to take up our national game.

Organised between Allianz and Cumann na mBunscol, the schools from 15 different counties received 500 footballs, and 200 hurleys and sliothars to help Ukrainian students to connect with their local communities through playing GAA.