'I'm worrying about whether I will manage next year'— UCC student concerned about accommodation

“If I don’t get a place to live on campus next year, then I’m back home to Enniskeane," says Jack Downes.

Jack Downes 18, finance student in UCC. Picture; Eddie O'Hare

Jack Downes was lucky to get a place to live on campus at UCC when he began his four-year undergraduate course in finance in September.

However, less than a month into his studies, he says he is living in fear of having no campus accommodation next year because the college rooms are given out in a lottery system.