Ireland places more than 2,500 Ukrainian refugees with 2,500 more to be accommodated

Minister for Children and Integration, Roderic O’Gorman, said that demand for hotel rooms during St Patrick’s week had complicated the situation

Ukrainian refugees pick up donated food and hygiene and baby-care products at the Warsaw Centralna train station, in Poland, on Wednesday. Overall, more than three million refugees have fled Ukraine, the UN said, Photo: AP/Czarek Sokolowski

Ireland has placed more than 2,500 Ukrainian refugees in temporary accommodation in the last month, with a contract now signed by the Government for 2,500 additional hotel rooms.

A statement issued by the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth said that the International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) has placed 2,589 people in temporary accommodation since the outbreak of the war.