Ukrainians in Ireland

John McCafferty says that Árainn Mhór island in Co. Donegal would welcome another 100 or more people fleeing war and strife. He objects as an Irish person, proud of our history, to arson as a form of protest and does not understand why anyone would engage in such acts.

From city life in Ukraine to "a rock" off the coast of Donegal - Árainn Mhór's Ukrainian population have settled well into island life and their new community

Adults and children wearing bright traditional costume were on hand welcoming guests with Ukrainian korovai bread in Bray last week at the official opening of North Wicklow Ukrainian Community Centre.

“There's definitely a question around women from ethnic minority communities’ experiences of the maternity services.” – Jenny Liston, Pavee Point A quarter of Roma women’s first contact with maternity services is when they arrive in labour at the hospital. Without translators available, patients and medics rely on Google Translate to communicate. We wouldn’t know about this if it wasn’t for the tremendous work being done with Roma people by Pavee Point.

- Major initiative to support communities that have welcomed people from Ukraine and other countries - Funding for sports clubs, community organisations, transport infrastructure and local groups - Every local authority in the country to benefit

In response to the current refugee crisis, increased funding was allocated to the Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (SICAP) earlier this year. Local Development Companies have used this funding to recruit Ukrainian speakers to work as development workers.  Many Ukrainians in Offaly have now found jobs or have enrolled in courses due to the appointment of Svitlana Osmachko as a Ukrainian support worker with Offaly Local Development Company (OLDC).