Ploughing Championships asked to provide tented accommodation for Ukrainian refugees

From Tuesday, the first of hundreds of refugees will be housed in tents at the site of Electric Picnic in Stradbally, Co Laois. Picture: Sasko Lazarov/ RollingNews.ie

Organisers of the National Ploughing Championships are among those who were contacted by the Department of Integration to secure sites for Ukrainian refugees as tents are to be the “primary source” of shelter going forward.

It comes as up to 750 Ukrainian refugees are being moved into tented accommodation at the site of Electric Picnic in Stradbally in Laois from Tuesday, following the festival’s conclusion.