Irish Examiner view: Find a better way for student living

UCC student accommodation under construction at the site of the former Crow's Nest in Cork. Institutions should work together on a new vision for student living beyond the city fringes. Photo: Larry Cummins

When the Munster Technological University (MTU) was formally established the Cork region could, if it were boastful, brag that it was home to a second university. 

This is a concentration of opportunity and expertise unimaginable half a lifetime ago. Those deep wells will consolidate the commitment to third-level education that enriches so many lives, Irish or otherwise, in this Republic.