Farmers will be paid to grow crops as supplies from Ukraine and Russia collapse

Ireland is rolling out a series of extraordinary measures, including a plan to shelter up to 80,000 refugees from Ukraine

Measures such as compulsory tillage orders were used in Ireland in extreme circumstances such as The Emergency (Second World War) including at the Ford car factory on Centre Park Rd, Cork City, pictured in 1940. File picture: Irish Examiner Archive

Farmers will receive extra State payments to grow crops on their land under a series of extraordinary measures being considered by Government to counteract the economic and financial impact of the Ukrainian crisis.

Emergency plans to house up to 80,000 Ukrainian refugees, which could involve constructing modular homes on State land such as the Curragh, are being drawn up with officials from the Department of Children working throughout the weekend with several hundred hotels being acquired from next week.