‘It’s hard not to be touched by the stories’: Corkman houses two Ukrainian families in mother's home

The families who had fled the Kyiv area are now settling into their new life in the Gaeltacht village of Baile Mhúirne

'The stories and the scenes coming out of Ukraine shocked me — how human beings could impose such cruelty on others.' Picture: AP

“It’s hard not to be touched by some of the stuff that you see in the media,” said Derry Dineen. “The stories and the scenes coming out of Ukraine shocked me — how human beings could impose such cruelty on others.”

The Cork man’s response to seeing the horrors of the Russian invasion channelled daily via newspapers and internet was, like that of many Irish people, to try and help some of those arriving here from Ukraine.