Excited students attend first UCC on-campus lectures as pandemic restrictions ease

The 'Irish Examiner' spent time on campus at University College Cork as students finally got the chance to experience college life in person and not through a screen.

First year students who started in UCC yesterday, adding to the numbers already back in college. Picture: Eddie O'Hare

College life took another step towards some kind of normality yesterday as thousands of students began their third-level education in person and on campus.

The Irish Examiner visited University College Cork where first-year students were beginning their first week of lectures and tutorials.