A customer in Tesco in Rathmines compliments the young women at the check out. The two of them get chatting. He comments on her politeness and then asks her where she is from. With a gentle smile she tells him she is from Ukraine and in response to his next question tells him she is in Ireland six months.
Her English is perfect, complementing her smile and kindness.
She came here at the outbreak of the Russian invasion of her country.
Watching the scenes of terror and violence in Ukraine every evening on her televisions and then observing the exchange between the young Ukrainian woman and a customer in Tesco Rathmines would gladden the heart of the greatest of cynics and naysayers.
Full marks to Tesco and indeed full marks to the Irish State for all that is being done for the people of Ukraine.
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