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The University of Limerick\u2019s Student Life President, Cillian O’Donohue, released a thread of tweets regarding last year\u2019s student accommodation crisis on Friday night, 28th January.<\/p>\n
Mr. O\u2019Donohue tweeted: \u201cIn September, we saw the worst student accommodation crisis ever in Limerick and in Ireland, with students all over the country living in hotels, commuting ridiculous distances and even being forced to drop out in some instances.<\/p>\n
\u201cYet, despite this we will likely see Third level institutes across the country take in even more students this year than they did last year. This is completely unsustainable and irresponsible from both the department of Higher Education and the Third Level Institutes.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to data released by the Higher Education Authority<\/a>, the number of students enrolled in higher education rose by 17.5% between 2014 and 2021.<\/p>\n There are over 16\u2019500 students currently attending UL, according to the University\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n Last year saw the return of the majority of these students to campus. However, UL was accused by councilors<\/a> that they had not planned for this mass return and had contributed to the accommodation crisis that ravaged the students in Limerick.<\/p>\n