Ireland planning for arrival of up to 200,000 Ukrainian refugees

During the weekly Cabinet meeting ministers were told that a nationwide search for suitable properties is now underway

79-year-old Adam Petrovsky is greeted by his niece Helena as he arrived at the Kingsley Hotel in Cork with wife Halyna, from Ukraine. Picture: Michael Mac Sweeney/Provision

Ireland can expect to take in at least 68,000 people from Ukraine but that the number could hit 200,000, Government ministers have said.

During the weekly Cabinet meeting, at which the humanitarian response to the Ukraine crisis dominated, ministers were told that a nationwide search for suitable properties is underway.