Student rooms ‘in short supply’

A company that encourages home owners to let rooms to students has seen a surge in bookings in key university cities because of the worsening university accommodation shortage.

It follows a Higher Education Authority report that has forecast a “significant shortage” in third level student accommodation in Dublin, Galway, Cork and Limerick over the next decade.

Homestay.comsays there will be around 25,000 students looking for accommodation when the CAO results come out next Monday.