Government to provide €100m for student accommodation

Over 1,000 beds will be constructed at three universities

Some 493 beds will be provided at University College Dublin, while 405 and 116 beds will be constructed at Dublin City University and Maynooth University respectively.

The Government is set to allocate €100m in funding for the development of over 1,000 student accommodation beds at three universities.

Higher Education Minister Patrick O’Donovan is due to bring a memo to Cabinet that would allocate €100m for the construction of 1,014 purpose-built student accommodation beds.