89 buildings identified for accommodating Ukrainian refugees - O'Brien

[Sherman A1]

The Minister for Housing has said that 89 buildings have been identified for accommodating Ukrainian refugees following a trawl of local authorities' vacant properties.

Darragh O'Brien said that if utilised, these could create more than 5,000 bed spaces.

He told RTÉ's Drivetime programme that the first 89 buildings could be made functional "within a matter of weeks".

The minister said that these buildings are of different sizes and include vacant larger properties such as former hospitals and schools.

https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2022/0426/1294309-ireland-ukraine/

[Tanuki]

1. There are a lot of vacant U.S. shopping malls, Kmarts, etc.

that could be repurposed for temporary shelter.

[Demovictory9]

2. Heard radio program about why its not feasible..too much internal non windowed space

..this was program about someone thinking of turning a large older building into housing for homeless. In US, we require windows and such.

[Tanuki]

3. Hmm, good point.