Students 'denied full college experience' by lack of apartments

While thousands of apartments have been built in Cork recently, high costs and regulatory uncertainty have slowed delivery of much-needed student accommodation, writes Emer Walsh

A visualisation of BAM’s planned student apartments on Sullivan’s Quay in Cork, viewed from the Grand Parade. Image: Pedersen Focus

The most recent computer-generated images of developer BAM’s lodged plans for large-scale purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) in Cork city centre have brought the issue of student living back to the forefront.

They come amid continued delays from the Government on its student accommodation strategy which is causing widespread uncertainty for developers, colleges, and, above all, students.