Still no allocation plan as first modular homes for Ukrainian refugees near completion 

The rapid-build modular homes nearing completion at St Michael's Drive, Mahon, Cork City on Tuesday May 30. Picture: Eddie O'Hare

The Government department responsible for housing refugees is still working to formulate an allocation policy for the first rapid-build modular homes for Ukrainians — just days before they are ready to be occupied.

Against the backdrop of record homeless numbers, and the ongoing refugee and migrant crisis, construction work has finished on the first of the estimated 700 modular homes which are to be built for Ukrainians who have fled the war.