Accommodation crisis can have detrimental effect on studies

While thousands of Leaving Cert students will be celebrating their results this week, many of those who wish to go on to third-level education face an overcrowded housing market, reports Dylan O’Connell

With the Leaving Certificate results out tomorrow and the CAO offers out on August 22, up to 40,000 first-time students are set to accept offers for third-level courses around the country.

In total, a record 80,887 people have applied for CAO courses this year. Meanwhile, more than 300,000 third-level students will also be returning to their studies. And despite the excitement this time of year can bring, an autumn of uncertainty awaits many students in the face of an ever-tightening student housing market.