Reprieve for Ukrainians in Galway who faced being uprooted
Ukrainian families that were put on notice their emergency accommodation on the city’s east side was being terminated by Government have reached agreement with the landlord to remain on.
Up to 45 Ukrainians living in Ballybrit had been told last week they would get 48-hours’ notice before they were moved on to unspecified locations around the country.
The termination notices were issued by Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to Galway-based Ukrainians who enjoyed short-term emergency accommodation under the EU Temporary Protection Directive.
It included at least eight children living in Ballybrit Court. They had integrated into Radharc na Mara primary school in Mervue as well as Galway Community College and Merlin College.
But the families have received a stay of execution, after negotiating lease agreements with the landlord that allows them to stay in the properties that have become home since they fled their war-torn homeland.
Principal of Radharc na Mara, Keith Joyce (pictured), who highlighted the issue last week, said he was happy that a resolution was found that kept the children in the communities they have integrated into. This is a shortened preview version of this story. To read the rest of the article, see the April 5 edition of the Galway City Tribune. You can support our journalism and buy a digital edition HERE.