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Student accommodation has vastly improved since the days of damp digs

Ditch the ensuites to make student flats cheaper. That’s the view of the technological univers...

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08.42 18 May 2022


Student accommodation has vastly improved since the days of damp digs


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Ditch the ensuites to make student flats cheaper. That’s the view of the technological university chief and former provost of Trinity College Dublin, Dr Patrick Prendergast. Why has high spec student accommodation become the norm and would it help or harm the rental market to change that? 

Tom Philips is Managing Director of Tom Philips Associates and Adjunct Associate Professor of Architecture and Planning at UCD and he spoke to Newstalk Breakfast this morning.

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