'There are lots of Ukrainian flags in Cork, I feel like I'm at home': Student flees Kyiv for Leeside

Kateryna Kryvenko, who has been living in Cork with a host family for the past three weeks, is on the hunt for work for a return to her 'usual life'

Kateryna Kryvenko came to Cork from Ukraine and is hoping she can find a job here.

More than 21,000 people have arrived in Ireland from Ukraine and many are hoping for the opportunity to find work and return to some form of “usual life”.

One of those is 17-year-old Kateryna Kryvenko, who has been living in Cork with a host family for the past three weeks.