Ukraine

Exhibition remembers Ukrainian students who will never graduate, while Kerry hosts students sitting Ukrainian school-leavers' exams.

Ukrainian support workers in North East West Kerry Development (NEWKD) have created online resources for Ukrainian refugees about life in Ireland and information on career options. Tralee Library has also installed a Ukrainian language bookshelf.

Professor Siobhan Mullally is the UN Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children and she also supervised Andrew Forde when he was studying for his PhD. She spoke at the launch of his book.

Multi-ethnic diversity is nothing new to Dublin City Community Co-op however it has been in emergency response mode for the past two years.

Tetiana (Tania) Kovalova from Ukraine has been working with Sisk to build modular homes for fellow refugees. Her work in Ireland fuels her dream of one day helping to rebuild Ukraine.  She has been working since the first week she landed in Shannon Airport in May 2022. She came here devastated over what she left behind, nervous of what lay ahead, carrying a small bag, her passport and €300 in savings. She came alone, speaking no English.

In a recent visit to Árainn Mhór, Allen Meagher was hoping to meet one particular Ukrainian family. The whole family could not make it, but Alexander, proud father of five children, told the story that astounded locals.

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