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Students Warn of Accommodation Crisis in Louth Ahead of September Return – 14/07/2025
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Third-level students preparing for the new academic year in September are voicing growing concerns over the severe shortage of rental housing in County Louth. Rising property prices and a lack of available homes are compounded by limited purpose-built student accommodation, creating anxiety among those planning to study in Drogheda and surrounding towns.
Sinn Féin TD Ruairí Ó Murchú told the Dáil in late June that “constituents say it’s not even the price of rent that is most urgent, it is the fact there is nowhere available to rent” in Louth. With new-build homes averaging around €385,000 (significantly higher than the national average) the rental market has been squeezed to breaking point.
Deputy O Murchu spoke to us this morning on The Agenda about this.
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