Irish universities in talks to provide 2,000 student beds for Ukrainian refugees

University College Cork runs five student apartment complexes while University of Limerick has 2,800 rooms available in its on-campus villages

More than 20,000 Ukrainian refugees have now arrived in Ireland since the war began on February 24. A family from Ukraine passes through the final gate into Medyka, Poland. Photo: PA

Thousands of Ukrainian refugees may be placed in student accommodation units in Limerick and Cork during the summer months as UCC and UL continue talks with government officials on the issue.

Housing refugees in student accommodation when they become vacant at the end of the term has already been proposed by the Higher Education Minister Simon Harris.