Student apartment blocks near MTU's Cork campus get go-ahead

An existing “dated” private detached house and the “substandard” Courtville student accommodation building are set to be demolished for the new scheme

An artist's impression of the Rossa Avenue student apartments. Photo: rossaavenuelrd.ie

Planning has been granted for a 205-bedroom student apartment scheme up to four storeys high just metres from Munster Technological University’s main Cork campus.

Despite intense local opposition, the Rossa Avenue scheme, earmarked for a triangular site almost facing the entrance to MTU’s Bishopstown site, was approved by city council planners with a range of routine and standard conditions attached.