Appeal to help bring gran, 99 to Ireland
AN Irish-based woman who rescued her elderly mother and grandmother from Ukraine is appealing for help to get them back to Ireland.
Luba Healy drove over 3,000km from Meath to collect her “precious cargo” on Monday after finally persuading her 99-year-old nan and 70-year-old mam to leave the war torn country for safety.
They also collected five adult neighbours, a fouryear-old girl and three dogs to bring to Ireland for refuge.
However, the convoy are now looking for help to secure a “flexible” booking by ferry home as their journey time to France is dependent on stoppages to check on nan Galina’s health.
CONFUSED
Luba said: “We had to make frequent stops on Tuesday to check on nana’s health.
“Her blood pressure was high so we had to monitor that and we have to make sure she is fully hydrated.
“She is also a bit confused and thinks she is going back to her home in Ukraine rather than coming to Ireland.
“And four of the passengers have never been outside Ukraine so they are a bit shocked by the journey and many of them have been hit with motion sickness.”
Luba left Trim, Co Meath, last Saturday in a jeep and campervan alongside her husband Eugene, teenage son Francis and family friend Diarmuid Dawson to cross Europe after her nan Galina and mum Nina finally agreed to leave their hometown of Haivoron in Ukraine.
Apart from a visit to Crimea when she was 28, Galina has never left the Ukraine and was being pushed to air raid shelters in a wheelbarrow by Nina who then carried her on her back down to the basements.