Watch: 'The choir helps us feel at home for a moment' say Ukrainians in Cork

Conductor of the Kalyna Choir Svetlana Deikun: 'The choir is a small homeland for Ukrainians in Ireland.' Picture: Jim Coughlan

Cork’s first Ukrainian choir aims to be a “small homeland” for the refugee community living here and help integration with Irish people through song.

At a Church of Ireland centre in Ballincollig, Co Cork, the county’s first Ukrainian choir recently began gathering.