Proposals to temporarily use part of a student accommodation development in the city centre as tourist and visitor accommodation have been scrapped.

North Main Street is set for an influx of students in the coming years as a large mixed-use development, which includes student apartments, has been given the green-light.

A global real estate investment, development and asset management firm has acquired lands on the Bandon Road in Cork city, where full planning permission for a 412-bed student accommodation development has been granted.

MEMBERS of UCC students’ union have received angry calls and messages from members of the public who believed they were encouraging partying by hosting a virtual Freshers Week this week.

THERE will be a ban on visitors and parties at UCC owned accommodation when students return to college next week, and students who fail to abide by current public health guidelines around gatherings could find themselves facing repercussions.

A NUMBER of people have been conned out of money through accommodation fraud in Cork in recent weeks. As families prepare for the start of the college year, many have paid deposits for rental accommodation.

There has been a rise in student rent costs in Cork with the average monthly price of renting a single bedroom in Cork city now standing at €493. That’s according to the Daft. ie Student Housing Report released today.

Early discussions are taking place surrounding the possibility of yet another student development in Cork city.

Some minor alterations to a large-scale student development in Cork city have been granted by Cork City Council’s planning department.

THERE are both positives and negatives in plans that have been submitted for a 279-bed student accommodation building on a brownfields site in the heart of the historic spine of Cork city, it has been claimed.

Plans have been submitted for a 279-bed student accommodation building on a brownfields site in the heart of the historic spine of Cork city.

The landlord who owns two of the student houses near UCC which have been dubbed ‘Covid Party House’ and ‘Party Central’ was found by a district judge to have turned a blind eye to the concerns of residents.

A FORMAL application has been made for another large-scale student accommodation project in Cork City, under An Bord Pleanála’s fast-track strategic housing development process.

The number of student bed spaces proposed for the Bandon Road in Cork city could be set to increase, after the developers have submitted a fresh Strategic Housing Development application to An Bord Pleanála.

SOME West Cork students have been charged for deep cleaning in their student accommodation due to the lockdown limitations that prevented them from legally returning before the end of their contracts.

UCC Students’ Union have ended their ‘Occupy the Quad’ protest “with a heavy heart” for health and safety reasons associated with the outbreak of Covid-19 in Ireland.

AN Bord Pleanála has ruled that further consideration or an amendment is needed on the plans for a Strategic Housing Development in the city centre.

University College Cork has confirmed that UCC Students’ Union executive have accepted the offer of mediated talks on the student rent issue. They are set enter into independently mediated talks with the board of Campus Accommodation UCC.

What began as a relatively humble gathering has now swelled significantly and students are continuing to join the protest as the days go on.

UCC president Patrick O’Shea has called for Government action on the issue of student rents. He demanded a “national response” to the “national issue” of rent increases and lack of student bed-spaces.

Cork’s latest student accommodation complex is set to open, with rent starting just shy of €1,000 a month and viewings available from this weekend.

DEVELOPERS behind a major student apartment complex on Washington Street are seeking to increase the number of bed spaces permitted in the development.

UCC Students’ Union has criticised the rise in rents for students housed in on-campus accommodation.

RENTS for on-campus accommodation at University College Cork are set to rise by 3% for the upcoming academic year. That follows a hike of between 10 and 11. 5% last year.

The new student apartments located at the old Beamish and Crawford site on South Main Street have been advertised for rent.

UP to 300 student bed spaces could be delivered under proposals for an apartment building on a derelict site on North Main Street. The property at 96 North Main Street was bought by City Hall in May of last year.

THE developer behind controversial plans to build student apartments at The Lough has entered into talks with An Bord Pleanála to dramatically increase the size of the project.

PLANS for 120 student beds just minutes from UCC have hit a roadblock after City Hall demanded developers include 24-hour on-site management to minimise the impact on the surrounding community.

DEMAND for student housing is at a critical point and is a concern for third level institutes in Cork, it has been claimed. It was revealed last week that 34-bed spaces for students were delivered in Cork since the start of 2016.

DEMAND is high for on-campus accommodation at University College Cork, with more than 4,000 applications received ahead of the coming academic year.

RESIDENTS in Magazine Road said they are disappointed that planning permission has been granted for a new 48-bed student development near UCC.

PLANNING permission has been granted for more student apartments in Cork.

A former Lord Mayor has hit out at the Diocese of Cork and Ross for selling land to developers who want to build a student high-rise at The Lough, dubbing the move “a betrayal”.