“Almost half of all the rooms in Cork city’s largest student apartment complex, where €10,000-a-year penthouse units boast ‘seriously Instagramable views’ of the city, have been snapped up ahead of the new academic term …” (more)
[Eoin English, Irish Examiner, 19 June]
“Last August, the Scottish government announced that students in schools, colleges and universities across the country would have free access to sanitary products in a bid to ‘banish the scourge of period poverty’. This decision to tackle the problem was a world first, and was picked up by media outlets globally …” (more)
[Emma Taggart, University Times, 27 May]
“Two 22-year-old DCU students have spoken about their experiences with ‘couch-surfing’ as a way to get through the academic year without paying extortionate rents. A student from Co Mayo found himself effectively homeless last summer after his accommodation fell through …” (more)
[Gabija Gataveckaite, Independent, 25 May]
“The Minister of State for Higher Education Mary Mitchell O’Connor TD today (24 May 2019) welcomed the signing into law by the President of the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2018, which ensures that student-specific accommodation let under licence is included under existing Rent Pressure Zones …” (more)
[Department of Education and Skills, 24 May]
“The six-year route to qualifying as a second-level teacher is a long, winding and expensive road. As Ireland reaches full employment with access to quality jobs after a four-year degree programme in many disciplines, the length of teacher training with its associated costs is becoming a disincentive to entering the profession, according to experts …” (more)
[Aine McMahon, Irish Times, 5 January]
“Northern Ireland pupils applying to start university in the Republic of Ireland this year do not know how much they will pay in tuition fees. That is because it is still unclear if they will be treated as non-EU students after Brexit …” (more, video)
[BBC News, 2 January]
“Occupation: PhD student. Age: 31. Location: Dublin. Salary: €6,000. Monthly pay (net): €500. Monthly expenses: Rent: €700. Household bills: Included in rent. Transport: €24. Phone bill: £10 (so €11.27) …” (more)
[TheJournal.ie, 30 December]
“Sinn Féin has introduced a Bill to protect the rights of students who are renting. The Residential Tenancies (Student Rents, Rights and Protections) Bill 2018 is aimed at giving clarity on licence agreements for student accommodation …” (more)
[Irish Examiner, 22 November]
“More than two in five postgraduate research students have seriously considered dropping out of their degree, mainly because of financial or personal issues, a major national survey reveals. The study of nearly 3,000 masters, PhD, or other students on postgrad research programmes found that more than 61% are fully or partly funded by a scholarship, but the figure drops to 57% if non-Irish students are excluded …” (more)
[Niall Murray, Irish Examiner, 20 November]
“I moved to Ireland from India to study a Masters in UCD because this country had been sold as a land of opportunity and there are many positives here. But the quality of life here isn’t good due to high rent and lack of homes. I spend 30% of my salary on rent …” (more)
[Shashank Kumar, Independent, 11 October]
“In the midst of ludicrously high rent prices and rising homelessness on the streets of Dublin, conjoined with exponential population growth in the city centre, the cries for solutions to the housing crisis in Dublin have reached a fever pitch. For students and citizens alike, the cost of living in Dublin has become untenable and pressure has been placed on the government to react as soon as possible …” (more)
[Eoin O’Donnell, Trinity News, 16 September]
“Students will next week protest outside a new student accommodation building in Cork over the housing crisis and its impact on those pursuing third-level education. The joint demonstration by UCC and CIT students’ unions will follow a separate housing protest set to take place in Cork tomorrow …” (more)
[Joe Leogue, Irish Examiner, 14 September]
“St Vincent de Paul cancels cheque it gave student to secure college place after message posted on Instagram. An ‘act of bravado’ by a college student has seen a cheque he received from St Vincent de Paul to secure his college place being cancelled. The young man had told a specially convened conference of a St Vincent de Paul education committee in Kerry that he would lose his place in college if he did not get emergency funding …” (more)
[Anne Lucey, Irish Times, 10 September]
“Students at Maynooth University are coming under pressure to drop out of college or face lengthy daily commutes as rents continue to rocket in the college town. Maynooth University is the smallest university in Ireland and has been known for a community atmosphere by its 12,000 students. However, as the housing crisis takes hold of the college town attitudes have been changing among students …” (more)
[Conor McCrave, Independent, 21 August]
“If students and their parents anticipated that stress levels would fall once CAO points for third-level courses were distributed this week, they may have miscalculated. Many young people are now facing the challenge of finding an affordable place to live during the academic year and, with an anticipated shortfall of 25,000 bed spaces, competition will be intense …” (more)
[Irish Times, 21 August]
“There will be no increase to the third-level grant received by students in the Budget despite spiralling rents, the Irish Independent understands. Increasing the Susi grant has not featured in any of the budgetary discussions that have taken place up to now …” (more)
[Kevin Doyle, Independent, 21 August]
“Students’ unions are refusing to advertise some student digs on the basis that that homeowners are charging ‘exorbitant’ rents. UCD students’ union said it has to refuse offers of rooms for rents from householders in some of the most affluent areas of Dublin’s southside …” (more)
[Carl O’Brien, Irish Times, 21 August]
“Half of parents are set to cut spending on family clothing and other goods to cope with the massive expense of getting their children through college. A third of families will also slash what they spend on food and groceries. A majority of families expect to get into debt to cover the cost of third-level education …” (more)
[Charlie Weston, Independent, 20 August]
“There has been a sharp increase in the number of third-level students living at home as a result of a spike in rental costs, according to a new survey. In addition, a third of all students say they are missing lectures because they need to earn money …” (more)
[Conor Pope and Carl O’Brien, Irish Times, 20 August]
“Students are now being expected to fork out up to €1,107 per month for a single-bed house near their college as rents continue to surge. A breakdown of figures released by Daft.ie shows the huge prices in private rentals facing many third-level students throughout the country …” (more)
[Ian Begley and Paul Melia, Independent, 18 August]
