Ciara Phelan: Scale of Ukrainian accommodation crisis highlights a broken system

It's an unprecedented time but it's also an unprecedented spending of taxpayers’ money into a temporary system propped up by hotels across the country

Bunratty Castle Hotel in Clare. Picture: Facebook

No state could have been prepared for the almost instant influx of Ukrainians following the Russian invasion, but the scale of the accommodation crisis facing the Government should serve as a sobering wake-up call to the reality of a broken housing system.

So far this year, more than €617m has been spent on accommodation and services provided to all refugees that have arrived here.