Ukranian Voices From Ireland

Ivan Soraka on his Ukrainian parents raising their family in Ireland

Ivan Soraka chats to Trina Mara about moving to Ireland at a young age and how his parents adapted to life in Ireland 

Ukrainian born Ivan Soroka on growing up in Ireland

Ivan Soroka chats to Trina Mara about his Ukrainian parents and what it was like moving to Ireland at the age of six. 
 
 

Alla Mikhnova: "My husband is still in Ukraine. I check the news every morning"

Alla Mikhnova chats to Trina Mara about the Russian invasion and how her husband is still in Ukraine.  She checks the news every morning to see what has happened overnight.  

Fr.Vasyl Kornitsky: "We brought the children to Dublin Zoo & when a plane went overhead, they took cover"

Reporter Eoin Glackin chats to Fr.Vasyl Komitsky from Donnycarney Church in Dublin.  He came here from Ukraine in 2012 and has been working closely with the local Ukrainian community.  

Fr Vasyl Kornitsky Part One - "I quickly realised that my job as a priest was to create a safe haven for them"

Reporter Eoin Glackin spoke with Ukrainian priest Father Vasyl Kornitsky of Our Lady of Consolation Church in Donnycarney, Dublin. Fr Vasyl came to Ireland in 2012. He told us about how his job changed after the war broke out. 

Alla Mikhnova: "We only had 2 suitcases for myself and my two children"

Alla Mikhnova speaks to Trina Mara about her life in Ireland after fleeing the war in Ukraine with her two children.  

Alla Mikhnova: "My town was occupied on the first day of the war. My husband is still in Ukraine"

Alla Mikhnova speaks to Trina about leaving her husband behind in Ukraine to stay with his mother as she came to Ireland with her two sons after her town was occupied on the first day of the war.  She told us how her children have struggled as a lot of their friends are now living in other European countries. 

Sergiy Balan: "My nephew was killed by Russians on the first day of occupation. He was only 22"

Sergiy Balan's 22-year-old nephew was killed on the first day of occupation by the Russians.  Sergiy's mother, who is 82, has said she is too old to travel and "better to die in her own hometown".  

Sergiy Balan: "Lots of Ukrainians have no homes to go back to"

Sergiy Balan is the Chairman of the Association of Ukrainians in Ireland.  He tells Trina Mara about how lost he was when he came to Ireland over 20 years to learn English.  
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Radion "We opened a printing business called "Steekaz.ie" 6 months ago"

Radion tells us about the printing business he has started in Ireland since fleeing the war 2 years ago
 
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