'Keeping a close eye' - Ireland braced for potential storm within days amid update
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21 Oct 2025
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A section of the Naas-Newbridge dual carriageway
Some 950 Ukrainian refugees are set to take up residence on a site near Naas.
It is understood the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth is exploring the possibility of availing of a site near Flood’s Cross, which is on the route which lies roughly between Caragh village and Toughers Industrial Estate. The road passes the M7 Business Park and links areas like Allen, Rathangan and Blacktrench with Naas. It also connects to the Newbridge-Naas dual carriageway.
The area being considered is currently a greenfield site and it is likely that the arrivals will be accommodated in “winter ready cabins inside large marquees”.
It’s also understood that Pastures New Ltd will manage the project and this company was associated with the creation of tented-type accommodation for Ukrainians at Stradbally, County Laois, in the wake of the Electric Picnic concert event earlier this year.
Local councillors have been given an initial briefing by Kildare County Council.
Cllr Rob Power said he welcomed the fact that “there has been engagement at an early stage.”
He said Kildare’s 40 councillors have been told they will be informed of details of the accommodation plan.
Cllr Rob Power
Cllr Power said he expects that the councillors "will have a lot of questions" about the proposal.
He added that the Department of the Taoiseach will be in contact with the councillors who are on the Kildare-Newbridge Municipal District (because the site lies within that electoral area, rather than the bordering Naas MD).
People who have fled Ukraine following the invasion of their homeland by Putin almost two years ago are described as Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection - and they differ from asylum seekers from other countries, who come to Ireland seeking refugee status.
Putin's war has created tens of thousands of civilian casualties among the population of Ukraine. His arrest is being sought by the International Criminal Court for the alleged "unlawful deportation and transfer of children."
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