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Around 1900 vacant houses sent forward for Ukrainian refugees - Irish Red Cross

A program to refurbish 2,500 vacant social homes is to be accelerated to help deal with the pressure being caused by providing accommodation for Ukrainian refugees. Kieran was joined by Liam O’Dwyer Interim Secretary General Irish Red Cross and Rory Hearne, Assistant Professor Social Policy Maynooth University and Author of ‘Housing Shock'... 

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17.50 25 Apr 2022


Around 1900 vacant houses sent forward for Ukrainian refugees - Irish Red Cross


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A program to refurbish 2,500 vacant social homes is to be accelerated to help deal with the pressure being caused by providing accommodation for Ukrainian refugees. 

The Cabinet was warned last week that all accommodation types could be at maximum capacity by the last week of April.  

Kieran was joined by Liam O’Dwyer Interim Secretary General Irish Red Cross and Rory Hearne, Assistant Professor Social Policy Maynooth University and Author of ‘Housing Shock'... 

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