Long queues of Ukrainian refugees cross the Slovak border. Photo: Yanosh Nemesh/Shutterstock. Inset: Pauline McCabe, a volunteer at Brian Fagan’s Treasure Chest charity shop on Castle Street, Mullingar. The shop are running an appeal for the beleaguered people of Ukraine.
By Claire Corrigan
A Ukrainian mother-of-two is desperately trying to make her way to Mullingar with her two children as she flees Odessa in besieged Ukraine.