‘Incompetent’ Murphy let colleges duck rent pressure zone rules
Posted in Governance and administration, Legal issues on August 8th, 2019 by steve“The country’s universities were able to engage in widespread rent hikes because new caps introduced by the Housing Minister don’t take effect until next week. Eoghan Murphy is being accused of ‘incompetence’ after colleges pre-empted his clampdown, rendering it useless for the coming academic term. The Irish Independent revealed yesterday that students are facing rent increases of up to 11.5% year on year for university-owned and on-campus accommodation …” (more)
[Kevin Doyle, Cormac McQuinn and Gabija Gataveckaite, Independent, 8 August]