Ireland must 'slow the flow' of refugees from Ukraine and elsewhere – Taoiseach

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar's comments on The Week in Politics came as new EU-wide data shows Ireland is an outlier in terms of the number of people arriving here from Ukrraine. Picture: Brian Lawless/PA 

Ireland "needs to slow the flow" of Ukrainian refugees and reform its offering to others seeking asylum, the Taoiseach has said.

Speaking on Sunday afternoon, Leo Varadkar said that Ireland's offering to incoming Ukrainian and other refugees would have to change because it was not feasible to continue to take in people with no limits.