Survey finds rise in students forced to rent accommodation for over €750 a month

(Left to right) Saskia McCormack Eiffe, Miranda Bauer, Neo O'Herlihy, Tia Cullen, Kylie McCardel and Ciara Donohue at the launch on Thursday by UCD Students Union of the student accommodation report. Picture: Tommy Clancy

Three in four students are being forced to fork out over €750 in rent a month while in college, a new survey has found.

A survey from the University College Dublin Student’s Union (SU) also found that more than half of students find it either somewhat or very difficult to find accommodation for the academic year while a quarter found it very difficult to pay their rent.