Minister urged to block student accommodation being used for tourists

A number of planning applications in Cork and Dublin are seeking to use student beds as tourist accommodation, a move criticised by Labour housing spokesperson Rebecca Moynihan

Housing minister Darragh O'Brien. Picture: Brian Lawless/PA Wire

Housing minister Darragh O'Brien has been urged to support legislation which would stop student accommodation being used for tourism.

Student accommodation provider Uninest has been granted permission to temporarily use 571 student rooms at Grangegorman in Dublin as rooms for tourists until next May.