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WITH many of his fellow countrymen and women arriving in Clare, 24-year-old Demyd Yatsenko now spends much of his time helping translate their requests. Originally from Chernigov in the north of Ukraine, Demyd moved here with his family 17 years ago. Demyd’s family home is in Ballynacally, while he now lives in Ennis. He holds an accounting degree and works for Pepper in Shannon and has been pleased to be able to help the arriving refugees. “When they started to come over I was probably one of the few people in the area that can speak the language, so I just starting putting up messages saying I’d help if I could. “People have been sending me lists of medicines they need, for instance, people write down lists and they get sent to me to explain what they are. “One woman was looking for blood thinners but she had no clue how to explain that to anyone. I was down in …
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