Accommodation crisis looms with rise in student numbers at ATU Sligo
Atlantic Technological University is calling on private home-owners and landlords to consider renting rooms and houses to students as number of applicants rise for second year. In April, Sligo became a university town for the first time when IT Sligo became Atlantic Technological University and has seen an immediate…
Student accommodation crisis only getting worse say MEP
A Midlands/North West MEP says the student accommodation issues are only getting worse at the likes of ITSligo and LYIT. Chris MacManus says the cost of renting has led many students to commuting long distances on a daily basis and the situation is an extension of the national housing crisis.…
Tanasite and Donegal TD clash in Dail over accommodation
A row has erupted in the Dáil after Sinn Féin said the Government should be ashamed of its record when it comes to housing. It comes amid a severe shortage of student accommodation. ITSligo Students Union President, Daire Martin recently said some students are being forced to look at hotel…
Government must subsidise student accommodation to solve crisis
A Sligo Councillor believes the government must subsidise affordable student accommodation and control rents to properly address the the crisis facing students across the region. People Before Profit Councillor, Gino O’Boyle described the suggestion to some some students that they should look at renting a hotel rooms as ‘shameful.’ A…
Students need greater protection on accommodation issues.
Independent Donegal Deputy Thomas Pringle says that many third level students have endured serious upheaval and confusion over accommodation issues over the last year. Deputy Pringle also says the problems are being confounded by the lack of action by the government. A recent bill was recently debated in the…