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Homeowners urged to rent a room to students to ease accommodation crisis

Homeowners have been urged to help ease the student accommodation crisis by renting out a room and in turn benefit from a generous tax break. The Minister for Further and Higher Education Simon Harris has appealed to homeowners to consider renting ...

17 Aug 2022 at 16:53

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Labour calls for Government to enact protective legislation for student accommodation

Labour spokesperson for Further and Higher Education has called on government to introduce legislation to protect purpose built student accommodation. In light of the cost of living crisis, Senator Annie Hoey said a suite of measures will be ...

09 Aug 2022 at 12:58

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Student accommodation will be offered to Ukrainian refugees, Harris confirms

Student accommodation will be made available for Ukrainian refugees arriving in Ireland, Simon Harris has said. The Higher Education Minister said today (Monday March 21) that Irish colleges and universities will make student beds available ...

21 Mar 2022 at 15:23

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'Look out for red flags' - Third level students warned over accommodation fraud

Gardaí are advising people to be wary of rental scams, particularly at this time of year when students are returning to college. Detective Superintendent Michael Cryan of the Gardaí National Economic Crime Bureau gave the following advice: ...

31 Aug 2022 at 10:29

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State will go beyond target of helping construct 4,500 student beds – Harris

The Higher Education Minister has claimed that the Government will go beyond the target of helping construct 4,500 student beds over the next few years. The State is to subsidise thousands of student accommodation beds in a bid to plug ...

06 Dec 2022 at 16:59

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Crisis: one student bed-space for every four applications at one university

The demand for accommodation for students has been laid bare by one university which states that they have four applications for every bed-space available, with students turning to B&Bs and hotels. In a statement this week, Dublin ...

23 Sept 2021 at 12:21

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UL assures student return to campus accommodation after refugee stay

IN A BID to allay concerns, the University of Limerick (UL) has reassured its student body that they will be returning to their student accommodation come September. The news comes in the wake of Ukrainian refugees seeking ...

22 Aug 2023 at 09:30

National News

Students to get accommodation supports via new Government plan

STUDENT accommodation will now have certain standards it has to meet as per government criteria, including that of affordability, as per a new plan. Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and ...

17 Aug 2023 at 12:07

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'Be vigilant' - Housing charity warns college students to be wary of rental scams

A housing charity is warning students to be aware of rental scams as they seek accommodation for the upcoming September semester. Threshold has teamed up with the Irish Council for International Students (ICOS) and ...

16 Aug 2023 at 13:04

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Update on student accommodation properties in Co Sligo

Local Fine Gael TD Frank Feighan has received confirmation that the Department of Children will no longer contract two student accommodation properties in Sligo Town. The Department of Children was due to contract ...

04 Aug 2023 at 21:33

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New law set to prevent student accommodation providers from charging year-round leases

The Government has said it is committed to ensuring student accommodation leases are confined to the academic year following recent incidents of private providers charging students rent through the summer months. ...

08 Apr 2024 at 10:41

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434m euro funding pot to address ‘serious’ student accommodation shortage

A multimillion-euro fund has been announced in an effort to address Ireland’s “serious” shortage of student accommodation. Minister for Further and Higher Education Simon Harris said any projects financed ...

26 Oct 2023 at 13:38

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