Plan for 500 modular homes to help house Ukrainian refugees arriving in Ireland

Crowds outside Leinster House, Dublin, as President Zelensky addresses the Oireachtas. A pilot programme to house refugees has been revealed (Brian Lawless/PA)

Five hundred modular homes are to be installed in around 20 sites across Ireland to help efforts to house Ukrainian refugees.

The two-bedroom units provided under a 100 million euro Government pilot initiative will be able to accommodate 2,000 people.