First look inside Cork's modular homes as Mahon prepares to welcome Ukrainian families

Some of the Rapid Build Homes for housing Ukranians at Mahon, Cork. Pictures: David Keane

It may be a small suburb in Cork city, but it’s got a big heart and is ready to welcome Ukrainian families who have fled war into the state’s first rapid-build modular homes development for refugees.

That was the message from community leader Michelle Buckley on Friday as the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, confirmed that the first families are due to move into the new 64-home 'estate' in Mahon within days.