By Cillian Doyle.
One of the first Syrian refugees to have been resettled to Ireland has opened a pharmacy in rural Carlow.
Fadi Almasri, 34, opened the doors on his new business in the village of Ballon on Monday.
Fadi is originally from Homs, Syria's third largest city.
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He was running his own pharmacy when the uprising against Bashar al-Assad began in 2011.
He left his homeland for neighbouring Jordan.
Fadi and his family arrived in Ireland in late 2014, under a resettlement programme operated by the UN Refugee Agency and the Irish Government.
Fadi has employed three local people in the new business in County Carlow.
