An overwhelming outpouring of generosity has seen families and homeowners all over Ireland make space in preparation for those fleeing the horror taking place in Ukraine.

The Irish Red Cross is managing a portal where people can offer to host Ukranians on behalf of the government.

The numbers logging on nationally has soared since the system went live last Friday at which point 180 people pledged accommodation.

It now stands around 15,000 with, as of Saturday, 349 people offering to open their doors in Donegal.

A spokesperson for the charity said, “The Irish Red Cross has been blown away by the generosity of the Irish people both from an accommodation pledge point of view and for donating money, they have been simply astonishing.

“We are asking those who have registered with us with offers of accommodation to bear with us and our contact team will be in touch over the coming weeks.

“We are headed for 17,000 pledges of accommodation since just last Friday when we had just 180 offers and, to put that in context, it took a few months to reach 1,000 pledges during our Syrian refugee campaign a few years ago.

“The Irish business community has also come onboard in great numbers with more and more calling us every day to offer help.”