Renewed appeal to house Ukrainian refugees as student accommodation dries up 

Some of the group of approximately 300 Ukrainian refugees who are temporarily staying at the student village accommodation on the Carrigrohane Road in Cork. Picture: David Creedon

There have been renewed calls for Irish families to house Ukrainian refugees as more than 4,000 student accommodation places currently being used will no longer be available.

At present, more than 4,200 refugees who fled the war in Ukraine are housed in student accommodation around the country.