Some Ukrainians to remain in student accommodation into autumn as housing squeeze continues

Higher Education Minister Simon Harris during a visit to Trinity College Dublin’s soon-to-open ‘disAbility hub’. (Brian Lawless/PA)

Simon Harris has said Ukrainian refugees will begin to leave student accommodation units on a phased basis over the next few months as the state continues to grapple with housing pressures.

The Irish Government announced last month that it had run out of state accommodation for arriving Ukrainian refugees, and had to temporarily house them in tents at a military camp.