One of Ireland's largest student landlord firms has refused rent refunds to students who have chosen to go home during the Covid-19 crisis.

More than 30 tents will remain on campus as students protesting a proposed price hike in campus accommodation enter mediation talks with the university.

Students at University College Cork (UCC) are prepared to take strike action unless rents are frozen in college-owned accommodation for the next three years.

One of the oldest buildings at University College Cork (UCC) has opened for the first time as a state of the art, one-stop-shop for students following a multi-million euro transformation.

Helen O’Callaghan on the difficulties students face in living away from home.