“Green Party TD for Dublin Central Neasa Hourigan has said that the decision to grant a student accommodation complex in her constituency permission to rent to tourists is ‘somewhat concerning’, and could set a precedent for more permanent changes to the use of such complexes …” (more)
[Emer Moreau, University Times, 12 August]
“Some 571 private student flats in Dublin 7 are to be converted into tourist accommodation for the upcoming academic year, the Business Post has reported. Uninest, the accommodation provider, has said that it did not anticipate its international student market recovering in time for the coming academic year …” (more)
[Emer Moreau, University Times, 6 August]
“Living in premium student accommodation is not above the crisis, but more expensive than necessary for access to basic housing. Please stop calling Kavanagh court and similar housing options ‘luxury’. The term does not help yourself or the students who are struggling in the current housing crisis …” (more)
[Germano Girardelli, Trinity News, 27 October]
“Students who paid up to €12,000 to live at a new residence in Dublin city were forced to endure months of construction work and are demanding that they receive ‘adequate compensation’. Independent.ie met with a number of aggrieved students living at the New Mill residence in The Liberties …” (more)
[Amy Molloy, Independent, 8 April]
