Anger as cheapest room in new student accommodation in Cork to cost €228 per week

For the cheapest available room, a standard en suite, students would be shelling out €228 per week or €3,876 for a 17-week term starting in January 2020.

The cost of renting new student apartments in Cork city centre has been criticised by UCC Students' Union (UCCSU).

Naoise Crowley, welfare officer at UCCSU, criticised the price of the new Lee Point development on the former Beamish & Crawford Brewery site, with some apartments setting students back close to €10,000 for a 38-week academic term.