Family facing homelessness in Cork after fleeing Taliban offered accommodation

Mohammad Hamed and Samira Naderi and their two-year-old son Zahed, along with their friend Mohammad Mansoor Jalalzai, have been offered a three-bed house in Cobh

Samir, Hamed and Zahed Naderi in Cork this week, after their arrival from Afghanistan in recent days.

An Afghan family and their friend who fled to Ireland to escape the Taliban have been offered accommodation by the Irish Red Cross, two weeks before they expected to become homeless.

Mohammad Hamed and Samira Naderi and their two-year-old son Zahed, along with their friend Mohammad Mansoor Jalalzai, were contacted by the Irish Red Cross on Thursday afternoon with the offer of a three-bed house in Cobh.