Thousands have withdrawn pledges of rooms for Ukraine refugees or are uncontactable

A Ukrainian refugee putting down sleeping bags at Dublin Airport. Picture: Sasko Lazarov/RollingNews.ie

Local authorities are experiencing a "considerable" number of withdrawals of pledges to accommodate Ukrainian refugees, while a high number of pledgers are now uncontactable.

Of the 1,194 pledges received, Cork County Council reported 538 (45%) properties or rooms being withdrawn when followed up on, while they were unable to make contact with 155 pledges (13%).