They have erected tents on the Quad and say their occupation there will continue, night and day, until the proposed rent hike is reversed.
Rent increases of more than 10% last year have been followed by an announcement of a further three per cent increase for the 2020/21 academic year. Accommodation costs for a 37-week contract at Mardyke Hall increased to more than €6,000 in the 2019/2020 academic year. Student Union leaders in Cork announced their "occupation" of the Quad during a lunch-time protest attended by more than 50 students. They are calling for the proposed increase to be scrapped and a rent freeze put in its place for the next three years. They say they will stay on the Quad until their demands are met.
Cork landlords putting captain boycott to shame with their disgusting greed
SPOILT BRATS .
love it will the University change them camping fees !!!!
And UL and ucddublin and tcddublin and countless others. It's ridiculous at this stage and taking advantage of people looking for an education.
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