A Clare man living close to the Ukranian border in Poland believes no-one can hold a candle to the fundraising efforts of people in this county.
Colin Mangan, who has been living in Poland for the past 10 years, is volunteering for an organisation which is helping Ukranian orphans.
More than 4 million Ukranians have now fled Ukraine as the conflict with Russia rages on.
But daily numbers passing over the border into Poland have dissipated to about 15% of it’s peak, or around 15,000 people every day.
An Ennis man living close to the border for the past decade says huge challenges remain but the situation is now more manageable there, with public transport and structures in place to deal with the influx of people.
Colin Mangan is volunteering for an organisation which helps orphaned children, many of whom have never had access to medical or dental treatments.
Funding from the Lions Club in Ireland makes up a fifth of their budget for the next six months and around half of that funding came from Clare.
Colin says the generosity of people from Clare hasn’t been matched by anyone else.
Meanwhile, Ukraine’s president has described a Russian attack on a train station that’s been helping civilians escape as an “evil that has no limits”.
At least 30 people have died and 100 more are injured following the blast in the eastern region of Donetsk.
Speaking through a translator, Ukraine’s leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy has accused Russian troops of recruiting “terrorists”.
