Question mark over funding for 700-bed student accommodation

A 700-bed student accommodation project on the country’s newest third-level campus depends on EU approval for a funding system, due to question marks over its effect on government debt.

Dublin Institute of Technology and the Grangegorman Development Agency (GDA) want to build the apartments within the north inner city campus where more than 1,000 students are already attending lectures since 2014.

However, institutes of technology have been precluded from borrowing, as to do so would add to general government debt.