Urgent appeal for Cork student accommodation

Students leaders at University College Cork (UCC) have issued an urgent appeal for student accommodation — their first such official appeal since the mid-1980s.

It came last night as students in Donegal were offered cut-price rooms in a local 24-bedroom hotel, just two minutes’ walk from Letterkenny Institute of Technology.

Gleneany House, which closed in 2011, has opened offering rooms to students from just €60 a week. The en-suite rooms have wifi, cable TV, central heating, a dishwasher, and a microwave. The hotel also offers parking, 24-hour security, and a student restaurant.