{"id":518091,"date":"2026-06-25T17:43:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T17:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/518091\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T17:43:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T17:43:10","slug":"ukrainian-families-have-nowhere-to-go-after-being-told-to-leave-trabolgan-accommodation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/518091\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukrainian families have ‘nowhere to go’ after being told to leave Trabolgan accommodation"},"content":{"rendered":"

More than 500 Ukrainian<\/a> residents at the former Trabolgan<\/a> holiday village in East Cork<\/a> say they have \u201cnowhere to go\u201d after being told they must soon leave the accommodation they have been calling home since 2022.<\/p>\n

Residents recently received an email from Trabolgan management saying a phased wind-down of State-contracted accommodation will begin in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n

\u201cAdvance notice will be given to all those affected by the changes,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n

In a follow-up email, they said the first message was an update on the Government\u2019s plans for Ukrainian residents and \u201cwas not an eviction notice\u201d.<\/p>\n

Management\u00a0said a minimum of three months’ notice will be given before residents have to leave.<\/p>\n

\n Ireland began taking in Ukrainian refugees<\/a> after Russia\u2019s invasion in February 2022, with tens of thousands arriving under the EU\u2019s Temporary Protection Directive, which allows those fleeing the war to live, work, and access services here<\/p>\n

\"LiamLiam Quaide, a Social Democrats TD for Cork East, supporting Ukrainian families at Trabolgan. Picture: David Keane.<\/p>\n

Resident Andrii Gula said the most difficult and stressful thing about the situation was the lack of any specific deadlines.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll be given three months’ notice to vacate our homes. However, no one can say exactly when this three-month period will begin. As a result, people are left in a state of constant uncertainty.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Very few homes available<\/p>\n

Many residents said their efforts to find private rental accommodation have proved unsuccessful.<\/p>\n

The Sydorenko family said they have been trying to rent a home for the past two years without success, despite both parents being in full-time employment.<\/p>\n

Tetiana Kulish, a mother of two teenagers, said: \u201cEvery day I search for rental accommodation, but we face obstacle after obstacle. Many properties are beyond our budget, some landlords require references that we cannot provide, and there are very few homes available.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kravtsova Inna, a single mother, said: \u201cIt is a big problem to find housing, because all landlords understand that it will be difficult for us to pay rent, which on average will be about 70% of income.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"ValeriiaValeriia Allksandrina. Olena Romanova, and Liudmyla Padalka at Trabolgan, Co Cork. Picture: David Keane<\/p>\n

Anna Filippova said her family is facing \u201cthe terrifying reality of emergency homelessness\u201d after first living in Shanakiel, then being moved by the State to the Cork Student Village, then to Trabolgan.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery single move tears our children away from their familiar surroundings, causing immense stress to our family,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

She said her 16-year-old daughter has cystic fibrosis and type-1 diabetes and depends on daily sterile nebuliser treatments and quarterly medical care at Cork University Hospital.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ms Filippova is concerned that a move to damp or mouldy accommodation would negatively impact her health.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to be very clear. We do not want to be a burden to the Irish State. We are a hard-working family, and we want to provide for ourselves independently.”<\/p>\n

\"SokhaSokha Maria, Verchenko Iryna, and Hlushchenko Larysa at Trabolgan. Picture: David Keane<\/p>\n

Families willing to pay<\/p>\n

Many residents said that they would be willing to pay to stay in Trabolgan.<\/p>\n

Maryna Rastvortseva said she has not been able to find any housing for their family of seven people, including her daughter, disabled son, parents, and mother-in-law who are \u201csick and elderly, requiring constant care and frequent visits to specialised doctors\u201d.<\/p>\n

Anastasiia Konovalova, a single mother, says that her son, who has autism, is well integrated into his school environment and has friends in the area. She said moving would have a serious negative impact on him.<\/p>\n

Other people spoke about the situations in their Ukrainian hometowns, including 66-year-old Iryna Morozova from Sumy who said it was \u201cunder continuous attack\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cI haven\u2019t been there for four years and can\u2019t imagine how it is possible to go back there. It\u2019s very frightening and dangerous.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Galina Kachan, 78, from Kharkiv, said: \u201cI have nowhere to go.\u201d<\/p>\n

Liam Quaide, a Social Democrats TD for East Cork, said: \u201cWhatever term is used, the reality is that this group of Ukrainian residents are being told the accommodation they depend on will soon no longer be available, without further information.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“This is an awful limbo to be left in.<\/p>\n

\u201cNobody is suggesting an arrangement such as Trabolgan can continue indefinitely. But this is exactly why proper planning is needed, with particular consideration of vulnerable groups \u2014 older adults, disabled people, children settled in local schools.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere needs to be clear communication and timelines, and proper engagement with schools, local services, and the wider community.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"More than 500 Ukrainian residents at the former Trabolgan holiday village in East Cork say they have \u201cnowhere…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":518092,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[79,42,1629,43,40,38,41,39,2040],"class_list":["post-518091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-cork-news","tag-headlines","tag-immigration","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-ukraine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=518091"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518091\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/518092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=518091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=518091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=518091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}