A hundred thousand welcomes but not much infrastructure

Lack of security in accommodation means Ukrainians in Ireland are unable to get jobs, find schools for their children, or to plan for longer than a few days at a time. Ukrainian journalist Polina Bashkina spoke to some of her compatriots about their experiences of the Irish welcome

Anna Makarenko: 'Killarney is a wonderful tourist town, but there are only vacancies for waiters or bartenders.'

"I am on the verge of returning to Ukraine, but our city is constantly bombed, and my wife is pregnant. But it's also impossible to live apart from her."

Alexander Safronov's room is only 3m by 3m. Within that space, he manages to rush from wall to wall, like a tiger in a cage. He cannot be reunited with his pregnant wife, who lives in another city.