Students protest outside Dáil over accommodation crisis

Clare Austick (centre), President of Union of Students Ireland, and members of USI, outside Leinster House to take part in a 'No keys, no degrees' protest and sleep out against a lack of accommodation for students. Picture: Brian Lawless/PA Wire

College students have staged a protest outside the Dáil amid growing frustration over the accommodation crisis across Ireland.

Representatives from the Union of Students in Ireland (USI) say that thousands of students have been left without a place to live at the start of the new academic year.