Tents to be primary source of housing for newly arriving Ukrainian refugees

As of Tuesday, the first of hundreds of refugees will be housed in tents at the site of Electric Picnic in Stradbally, Co Laois. Picture: Sasko Lazarov/ RollingNews.ie

The Government has said it expects tented accommodation will become the primary source of housing for newly arriving Ukrainian refugees from next week arising out of an accommodation shortage.

It comes as the Department of Integration confirmed that due to a "significant" shortfall in accommodation, tents will be used for new arrivals in the coming days.