Locally based Ukrainians have been thanking those who’ve given them support since they arrived in Ireland.
Friday marked the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and a number of gatherings took place across our two counties.
One was in Carlow town while up to 50 people on the Kilkenny Road, close to the SETU campus, held high a banner thanking the people of the county for the support they’d shown.
In Kilkenny city, about 150 Ukrainians got together for a lap of the Kilkenny Castle courtyard and short speeches on The Parade.
Ukrainians who’ve settled in #Kilkenny say “thank you Ireland” during gathering to mark their life changing anniversary. More on @kclr96fm pic.twitter.com/M7RDASsdLO
— Edwina Grace/Éadaoin de Grás (@edwinagrace) February 24, 2023
In the lead-up, KCLR News Reporter Edwina Grace spoke to some locally based Ukrainians to hear their memories of 24th February 2022 and how their lives have changed since – hear some of those here:
And the rest are here:
