SCORES of Irish J-1 visa students without jobs or accommodation found both within days of the Irish Voice doing a cover story last week on their situation.Orla Kelleher, executive director of the Aisling Irish Center in Yonkers, told the Irish Voice on Monday that the phones didn't stop ringing in the center last Wednesday."There were several calls from business owners and property owners offering accommodation and work for the students," she said.Kelleher felt that the outpour of goodwill from members of the Irish community was a real testament that the community spirit is still very much alive."It's just fantastic to see the way Irish people pull together here in New York when it comes to a crisis," said Kelleher."We are very grateful for people helping us out in the way they did."Last Wednesday, the Irish Voice lead with the story that J-1 students recently arrived from Ireland, were down on their luck and having difficulty finding accommodation and employment. Within hours of the paper appearing on the newsstand, the Irish community were on the phone to the Aisling Center and the Emerald Isle Immigration Center in the Bronx offering up places to stay and jobs for the students. As soon as the calls came flooding in, Kelleher was on the phone to the students who had come through her door in the past few weeks pleading with her to find decent accommodation. As reported in last week's paper, several of the J-1 holders were forced to stay in overpriced hostels in Manhattan for several weeks while trying to locate accommodation in the Bronx, Yonkers and Queens.One of the first offers of housing came from an Irish business owner in Manhattan. By Thursday night 10 students had a roof over their heads and were very happy, according to Kelleher.The offers were not just confined to New York. On Monday Kelleher received a call from a program manager at the Ireland Institute of Pittsburgh."He kindly offered to help find the students work and accommodation which was available at a very reasonable rate if they decided to go to Pittsburgh," Kelleher explained."Having all these great people come forward with offers of accommodation really took enormous pressure off us here," she added.Although, now her work may only be beginning. At time of print, the Aisling Center was receiving visits from a whole new batch of students who were still arriving off planes at Kennedy Airport."We always get another bunch of students during the first week of July," she said, hoping that the situation won't be as dire as she had to face in June.The lack of work is also no longer an issue due to the plentiful offers of jobs from various business owners. Several of the unemployed students received work as doormen, movers and some can be found cycling Pedi cabs around the city shuttling tourists from Times Square to SoHo.To prevent a crisis of this level happening next year, Kelleher said that the Aisling Center will begin working on establishing a network of potential property rental and business owners in January "so we are better equipped with all the students."She also hopes that agencies issuing visas, such as USIT, will be more helpful."They are the ones who have this information of who is going where," she said.Kelleher does ask that the students who have now found themselves accommodation respect their place of residence for the summer. "We want to be able to ask these people to rent to students again next year," she said.