Number of Ukrainians living in Louth falls

The total number of Ukrainian refugees living in Louth under the Temporary Protection Directive now stands at 2386 according to the latest figures from the Central Statistics Office.

This compares to a figure of 2478 in February this year.

Nationally, 107,406 Personal Public Service Numbers (PPSNs) were given to arrivals from Ukraine by 2nd June 2024.

Broken down by area; the figures reveal the Drogheda Urban area has 894 Ukrainians living locally while Dundalk-Carlingford has 428; Dundalk South has 671; Ardee has 227 while Drogheda Rural has 166.

The figures mark an increase in numbers in  three out of five areas in Louth compared to February last year.

 Those figures, (for February 2024) were: Drogheda Urban area had 868 Ukrainians living locally while Dundalk-Carlingford had 708; Dundalk South had 511; Ardee had 235 while Drogheda Rural had 156.

Dundalk- Carlingford saw a huge drop in the number of Ukrainian refugees living in the are with the numbers falling from 708 to 428, a drop of 280.

Additionally the CSO report showed that there were 586 hosts in Louth currently in receipt of Accommodation Recognition Payment and arrivals from Ukraine living in accommodation provided by these hosts.

The figures also reveal that there are currently 246 Ukrainian children enrolled in primary schools in Louth, a decrease of 6; while there are 204 enrolled in secondary schools in the county, an increase of 4. 

Commenting on the release, Laura Carter, Statistician, said: "There are two maps in this release based on mapping 102,879 individuals, or 96% of arrivals, to a location within Ireland. 

“These maps are based on the local post office address as per the process through which arrivals were seeking assistance from the Department of Social Protection or, if available, the arrivals' residential address where an Accommodation Recognition Payment is payable to the host of the residence. 

“The first map is a count of arrivals by Local Electoral Area (LEA), and the second is the rate of arrivals by LEA (per 100 of the Census 2022 de facto population). Kenmare in Co. Kerry had the highest number of associated arrivals from Ukraine at 2,844.

“Our analysis also shows that the rate per 100 of the population ranges across all LEAs in the country from 0.28% to 12.38%. The LEA with the highest rate was Ennistimon in Co. Clare."