Student housing rents in Cork to shoot up due to ‘bottleneck’

With rents as high as €900 per month, Students Unions are urging the Government to increase student supports

Ian Rathmell from UCD, during a protest last year. A lack of available accommodation for students continues. Picture: Gareth Chaney/Collins

A surge in demand for student accommodation in Cork in the coming weeks, will see students paying hundreds of euro more than they have budgeted for, according to University College Cork Students’ Union (UCCSU).

As college students return for another academic year, a “bottleneck” will leave many students paying “extortionate” prices for accommodation, according to  UCCSU welfare officer Alannah O’Connor.