Would you have room on the farm for refugees?

Those kind of farm houses would be ideal but I was reading about the requirements saying you need to be situated near public transport and paying all the bills(rent/mortgage/electricity/food/medical etc) so you'd need the works done promptly and the savings to ensure you can put them up for 6-12+ months. I'm not sure what kind of bus or train service you need to live near but the Red Cross said they would inspect properties beforehand. I read something vague about grants/money available in certain conditions.

The first step would be to contact the Red Cross - https://registerofpledges.redcross.ie/#/

This is mainly women and kids. The men have stayed in Ukraine.

Its not going to be the simplest set up for these mothers to take up employment, but Im sure they will do their best.

We have put our name down this evening. I just can't sit and do nothing or I'll go mad. 3 empty bedrooms in the house so I put that in. afaik it's mainly women and kids, most don't have a word of English, the kids if they are older usually have some high School English a bit like our french. It's wait and see now, I'll know more tomorrow or whenever they get back to me.

Despite the anger, there is always the risk of repercussions.

What happens when the Russians **** Brian McElduff out of Russia in retaliation? Or worse

Hardly wonderful, I think more for my own sanity.

(Plus if the Weather comes good I'll have great help for the Bog 😜)

We already do that. Taxes pay for houses for the ones who are too lazy to get themselves trained or educated or even work in a job they might be qualified to work in.

If they were cows in the herd, those ones would have been culled long ago and the new ones (e.g. Ukrainians) brought in and given their chance

There's still Irish citizens in Russia. A closed down Irish embassy in Moscow is fcuk all use to them. Dont think for a second it couldn't get tit for tat petty. He's been called out and shown to be a liar so just leave it there.

The refugees are fleeing for there lives

Have you the same anger against the US embassy seeing all the bombing they’ve done and continue to do?

Think it's more to do with all the Irish planes leased to the Russian airlines.

Russia have taken the planes hostage you could say and won't allow them be flown out of the country back to the Irish leasing companies.

The value of the Irish planes could be in the region of €4.5 billion.

Another reason why Russia is dunked. Who's ever going to do business with them again?

Anyway off topic on a humanitarian thread.

No not at the moment. I don't know where the US is using heavy artillery on civilians or bombing Children's Hospitals. I don't remember any US ambassador coming on RTE news and to the Dail making barefaced lie's and untruths. It's for these reasons he should be removed or else a replacement ambassador demanded at the very least, if only to call them out on it. The Russians are on a campaign of trying to spread lies and justify the even more barbaric acts. No opportunity should be missed to publicly call them out to the rest of the world and the Russian people. Its when a small country like Ireland does something it can be very significant in the eyes of the Ordinary Russian folk

Giving Ukrainians a spare room is not the answer. People are thinking with their hearts not their brains. It's a lovely gesture to accommodate these unfortunate people but how many think this through?

What happens if this war lasts 3 years and not a matter of months? What happens as food and utilities prices start to go through the roof or become limited? Are you going to hit breaking point and kick them out?

If the Ukrainians receive 200 a week, how much will the home owners ask for? There are greedy people who will want the full 200 and still claim they are doing them a favour. There will be bulls@@ters who publicly claim they won't take anything and there will be genuine people who actually won't take anything.

We are hear/know about sexual abuse cases around Ireland, I hate to think what a small percentage may have to go through with some sick freaks we have out there, you know the ones, pillars of the community, church going goody goody two shoes etc. Women will no english and stuck out in the middle of nowhere are going to be vulnerable.

How many people who are willing to give a room, have actually ever shared a house in the past? I did in college and despite meeting great people there are some seriously strange and hard to live with people. Some have horrible habits that you might put up with for a month or two but they will eventually get to you. What then?

Something better needs to be thought off. Whether it's unused hotels and hostels or governments pay for currently functioning hotels etc. For me the whole give them a spare room will be a disaster.

Here goes, I'm ready for the vast amount of insults coming my way.