'It is all going towards my rent': MTU students walk out on lectures in protest at cost of living

'You’re looking at students spending anywhere from €14,000 a year to an excess of €16,000 a year to attend and survive in university'

Hundreds of Munster Technological University students packed their bags and walked out of lectures on Thursday in protest over soaring costs of living.

The protests were a precursor to planned national demonstrations organised by AMLÉ, the national student union body, on October 1.