“Students have held a rally at University College Dublin (UCD) to protest against its decision to increase on-campus accommodation rates by 12% over the next three years. The demonstration follows a proposal by the college to impose a rent increase of the maximum 4% for each of the next three years after the cap was applied to student apartments last August to ensure rent predictability, in the same way as it does in Rent Pressure Zones …” (more)
[Aoife Walsh, Independent, 19 February]