Longford has the lowest number of Ukrainian refugees in entire country
Numbers housed in Longford are well below the national average, with highest numbers in Kerry
Longford has housed the least amount of Ukrainian refugees in the entire country, latest figures show.
The information from the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth were for numbers up to January 7, 2024.
Just 352 Ukrainian refugees have been housed in Longford. This represents 0.6% of the nationwide total.
It equates to 755 Ukrainians per 100,000 population.
Leitrim has over double the number of Ukrainian refugees with 1,075.
Kerry is the county with the most Ukrainians – with 7,292 housed there. This represents 12.4pc of the total number accommodated across all counties, or just over 4,696 per 100,000 people in the county.
Next highest is Cork which has 5,907, or 10pc of the total, followed by Donegal which has 5,259, or 8.9pc. After that, Clare (3,763) and Galway (3,776) have around 6.4pc of Ukrainian refugees living in Ireland
The counties with the lowest percentage of Ukrainian refugees after Longford are Laois, with 462 (0.7pc), Carlow with 877 (1.5pc), Kilkenny with 908 (1.5pc) and Leitrim with 1,075 (1.5pc).
Analysis carried out by the Irish Independent at the weekend show that there is a far higher percentage of Ukrainian refugees being housed in the west and south-west of the country or what is known as the Western Seaboard.