Students demand Government seize vacant properties to ease accommodation shortage

A derelict property on North Main Street in Cork city. Student unions have demanded that the Government seize vacant and derelict properties as students and staff are “bearing the brunt” of the housing crisis. File picture: Larry Cummins

Student unions across Ireland have demanded that the Government seize vacant and derelict properties and ban short-term lets as students and staff are “bearing the brunt” of the housing crisis.

Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU) claimed students are dropping out of education and are being pushed into homelessness as they struggle to make ends meet.