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Minister James Lawless on how Government plan to ease the student housing crisis

The Government will create an additional 42,000 beds for students over the next 9 years. Under th...

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18.30 24 Mar 2026


Minister James Lawless on how Government plan to ease the student housing crisis


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18.30 24 Mar 2026


The Government will create an additional 42,000 beds for students over the next 9 years.

Under the new “National Student Accommodation Strategy 2026 – 2035", the Government will use public-private partnerships and spare bedrooms in private homes to create the additional beds

The Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science is James Lawless, and he joined Shane and Ciara to discuss this aswell the Government's response to the rising cost of Fuel as a result of the Iran war.


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