Over 2,000 kind-hearted Dubliners have pledged to open their homes to Ukrainian refugees fleeing the war.
The Irish Red Cross said they have been "blown away" by the generosity of the Irish public after a whopping €14 million was raised.
Additionally, the charity received nearly 12,000 pledges of accommodation with the top three counties being Dublin (2,149), Cork (1,327), and Galway (663).
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A spokesperson for the Irish Red Cross said: "The Irish Red Cross have been blown away by the generosity of the Irish people both from an accommodation pledge point of view and for donating money, they have been simply astonishing.
"We are asking those who have registered with us with offers of accommodation to bear with us and our contact team will be in touch over the coming weeks.
"We have almost 12,000 pledges of accommodation since just last Friday when we had just 180 offers and to put it in context it took a few months to reach 1,000 pledges during our Syrian refugee campaign a few years ago."
They added: "The Irish business community have also come onboard our Ukraine crisis appeal in great numbers with more and more calling us everyday to offer help and so far over 125 companies have been in touch with our fundraising team and then so many community groups have also been reaching out to us about their fundraisers.
"We are just so grateful to such a wonderful reaction from the Irish people so far."
Here is a breakdown of the number of accommodations pledge per county
County |
No. of Accommodation Pledgers |
Dublin |
2149 |
Cork |
1327 |
Galway |
663 |
Meath |
586 |
Kildare |
478 |
Wicklow |
403 |
Wexford |
386 |
Tipperary |
336 |
Limerick |
322 |
Clare |
300 |
Kerry |
275 |
Mayo |
245 |
Louth |
237 |
Donegal |
228 |
Waterford |
203 |
Kilkenny |
190 |
Cavan |
173 |
Laois |
160 |
Westmeath |
154 |
Roscommon |
151 |
Sligo |
151 |
Carlow |
126 |
Offaly |
120 |
Monaghan |
115 |
Leitrim |
80 |
Longford |
64 |
Down |
15 |
Antrim |
14 |
Armagh |
9 |
Derry |
8 |
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2234 |
| Total | 11902 |
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