Government to look at use of Green Glens Arena for Ukrainian refugees should there be a ‘sudden surge’

Roderic O’Gorman said the venue in Millstreet Co Cork could be used and that, up to Friday evening, 9,000 refugees had arrived, 4,500 of whom are being accommodated primarily in hotels

'We’re continuing to look to book hotel accommodation to deal with short-term accommodation needs,' minister Roderic O'Gorman said on RTÉ radio today. File picture: Niall Carson/PA

The Government is looking at large-scale accommodation options in places such as the Green Glens Arena in Cork as short term accommodation for Ukrainian refugees.

Roderic O’Gorman said “in a crisis situation it is a possibility we have to plan for” should there be a “sudden surge of people arriving at our ports and airports".