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8th June 2022
01:15pm BST

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The celebrity gardener then encouraged others to open their homes to refugees.
"It has only enhanced our lives," he said. "The whole thing (war) is a horror, what they are going through and for what? It makes you realise what a great little country we live in and how lucky we are."
Since Russia invaded Ukraine in February, over 7 million Ukrainians have left the country. It is also estimated that 8 million Ukrainians have been displaced within the country.
As the Irish Times reports, over 33,000 Ukrainian nationals have come to Ireland since the outbreak of war.
Moreover, there are almost 7,000 Ukrainian children enrolled in Irish schools. Figures from earlier this week show that there are about 2,000 Ukrainians in the secondary school system, while the remaining 5,000 are in the primary sector.
Earlier this week, Ireland's Minister for Education Norma Foley said that there is space to accommodate 25,000 children in Irish primary schools and 20,000 children in the post-primary setting.
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