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''It's very difficult to find accommodation, I'm currently staying in Flannery's Hotel two nights a week''

A group of students has gathered outside the Dáil to highlight the accommodation crisis at third...

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17.34 23 Sep 2021


''It's very difficult to find accommodation, I'm currently staying in Flannery's Hotel two nights a week''


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A group of students has gathered outside the Dáil to highlight the accommodation crisis at third-level, which they say is worse than ever.

The demonstration has been organised by the Union of Students in Ireland, which said some students are being forced to defer or drop out of their third-level courses because of a lack of suitable accommodation.

USI President Claire Austick and Therese who is in her second year studying in GMIT Galway both joined Kieran to discuss...

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