Ukraine Service: Citizens Information

The Irish Government has a range of supports in place to help those fleeing Ukraine.  A webpage on the government’s response to the situation in Ukraine is available at www.gov.ie/ukraine.

Click on the following for advice on

• Arriving in Ireland
• Accommodation
• Social Welfare Supports
• Employment/Childcare & Education
• Healthcare
• How People and Businesses can help

Local authorities in each county are responsible for a broad range of services, Carlow County Council can be contacted via here and Kilkenny County Council here.

SCHOOLS

The School Completion Programme teams locally are available to help access schools, give advice on school transport as well as assistance with some form filling. They can be contacted via the following:

In Ireland, formal education is compulsory from the age of 6 to age 16.  Most kids start primary schooling at age 4, and by age 5 all kids are in primary school.  Primary schooling lasts for 8 years: 2 kindergarten years and classes 1-6. The current official primary curriculum can be found here: Primary Curriculum.

If you live in Kilkenny city, your children aged 4-12 can go to one of these primary schools:

• Kilkenny CBS Primary School at St.Stephens St. Phone: (056) 776 17 39
• Presentation Primary School at Parnell St., Gardens. Phone: (056) 776 55 98
• St. Canice’s Co-Ed National School at Granges Rd. Phone: (056) 776 21 50
• St. John of God National School at Upper New St. Phone: (056) 772 12 90
• Kilkenny Model School at Glendine Rd. Phone: (056) 772 20 82
• Gaelscoil Osrai (Dalta) at Outrath Court. Phone: (056) 775 14 67
• St. John’s Junior National School at 10 Michaels St: (056) 776 28 88
• Kilkenny School Project National School at Springfields, Waterford Rd: (056) 775 14 07
• St Patricks De La Salle National School at Coote’s Ln., Deansground. Phone: (056) 776 10 81
• Scoil lognaid De Ris at Stephens St. Phone: (056) 776 17 39
• Mother of Fair Love Special School at James’s St. Phone: (056) 772 13 52
• Colaiste Pobail Osrai at 6-7 Ormonde Rd. Phone: (056) 776 45 57

If you live in Carlow town, your children aged 4-12 can go to one of these primary schools:

• Carlow National School at Green Rd. Phone: (059) 913 21 75
• Scoil Mhuire Gan Smal at Green Lane Carlow: (059) 9142705
• Holy Family Boys National School, Askea, Carlow. Phone: (059) 914 27 72
• Holy Family Girls National School, Askea, Carlow. Phone: (059) 914 23 43
• St. Joseph’s National School (Scoil Nais Iosef Naofa) at St Joseph’s Road. Phone: (059) 9142502
• Our Lady’s National School, Nurney, Carlow. Phone: (059) 914 62 97
• S N Eoghan Ui Thuarisc at Garrán Na Fuinseoige, Ceatharlach, Carlow: (059) 913 16 34
• Carlow Educate Together National School, Unit 5 Shamrock Business Park, Graiguecullen, Carlow: (059) 913 75 41
• Bishop Foley Catholic Memorial School at Railway Rd, Rathnapish, Carlow. Phone: (059) 914 29 19
• St Laserians National School Special School at Dublin Road, Carlow. Phone: (059) 914 26 01

For children aged 12-17(18), enrollment in a secondary school is required.

In Kilkenny:

• Presentation Secondary School, Loughboy, Kilkenny. Phone: (056) 776 56 84
• CBS Kilkenny at James’s St, Gardens, Kilkenny. Phone: (056) 772 14 02
• St Kieran’s College at College Rd, Walkinslough, Kilkenny. Phone: (056) 776 17 07
• Loreto Secondary School at Granges Rd, Kilkenny. Phone: (056) 776 51 32
• City Vocational School at Lower New St, Kilkenny. Phone: (056) 772 21 08
• Kilkenny College at Castlecomer Rd, Seixeslough, Kilkenny. Phone: (056) 776 15 44
• St. John’s Senior National School at Ballybought St, Pennefatherslot, Kilkenny. Phone: (056) 776 35 28
• Mother of Fair Love Special School at James’s St. Phone: (056) 772 13 52

 

In Carlow:

• Presentation College Carlow, Askea Lawns, Askea, Carlow. Phone: (059) 914 39 27
• St. Leo’s College at Old Dublin Rd, Graigue, Carlow
• St Mary’s Academy CBS at Railway Rd, Rathnapish, Carlow. Phone: (059) 914 24 19
• St Mary’s Knockberg College. Phone: (059) 914 21 27
• Gaelcholáiste Cheatharlach. Phone: (059) 913 21 30
• Tyndall College at Kilkenny Rd, Mortarstown Upper, Carlow. Phone: (059) 918 22 50

FAMILY SUPPORT

• Community Connect can provide practical support to pregnant women and those with young children to the age of three years.  They help with items like buggies, cots, high chairs, clothes etc. Contact for the service in Kilkenny is Jill 087 135 2082.
• Family Resource Centres can be found in almost every town across Carlow and Kilkenny with a range of supports in each. Find the one closest to you here.
• The Immigrant Support Clinic can help with providing information, advocacy and one-to-one support as well as assistance in filling forms and letter writing, processing applications, renewing residency permits and advice on immigration matters, social welfare and citizenship.  They meet people by appointment each Monday a the Fr McGrath Centre in Kilkenny City – contact Theresa 086 1927033 or Samuel 086 1966073 or email immigrantservicekk.com

ANIMAL CARE

If you’re bringing a pet with you to Ireland there are some considerations (see here) and there are a range of veterinary clinics that can assist you should your animal become ill or need treatment.

In particular:

ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASSES

• The Kilkenny Carlow Education and Training Board (ETB) is offering English classes at different locations across the two counties.

• Failte Isteach deliver English language classes at the Fr McGrath Centre in Kilkenny City each Wednesday morning, with English in the workplace sessions on Fridays, all in a welcoming space where integration and engagement and connection can take place. It’s sociable, fun with learning in a relaxed atmosphere that also caters for individual needs.
• Classes can also be done online via esolcourses.com 

DRIVING CLASSES & OTHER EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES

 

For Ukrainians who are on social welfare, free educational opportunities are available in Kilkenny and Carlow. To get full information on this and enrol in a driving course in Kilkenny, please, call +353 56 776 4448. To get information about opportunities in Carlow, please, visit the website http://www.carlowadultguidance.ie/  and call 059 91 33 123.