It’s understood that the number of pledges from people offering their homes for Ukrainians is shorter than the government had thought.
One of the main reasons that the likes of the Millstreet centre in Cork will be used for refugees, including meals, leisure facilities and rooms. It has a capacity of some 300 people with 70 people due to go down to Cork by the weekend.
The government says that it can no longer put a figure on just how many people will arrive into Ireland from the Ukraine.
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