Q&A: How do I offer a home to a Ukrainian refugee?

Passengers depart the railway station in Lviv, Ukraine. People in Ireland can offer accommodation to incoming refugees through the Red Cross portal. Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty

Ireland’s Red Cross portal for people looking to offer accommodation to incoming refugees from Ukraine is now 11 days old. 

Just 180 offers were received on the first day but that number has now risen to over 23,000 when offers to alternative charities are accounted for.