There have been reports that a growing number of English-language students are being forced to sleep on the streets, in cars, or on couches in friends’ homes because they cannot find rental accommodation after travelling to Ireland.

Newstalk Breakfast spoke to Sebastian Carvallo Farina who described his experience sourcing accommodation in Ireland and also Laura Harmon Executive Director Irish Council for International Students.

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