scholar lodging disaster

Eire’s appeal to global scholars is being eroded by way of the shortage of lodging and top prices of renting, the federal government has been warned.

Hobby in finding out in Eire has higher regularly because the Brexit referendum in 2016 and out of the country scholar numbers have returned to their pre-pandemic ranges. Global scholars are price €2.38 billion (US$2.47 billion) to the Irish economic system, in keeping with specialists Indecon.

On the other hand, a survey of 465 scholars performed by way of the Irish Council for Global Scholars displays that two-thirds mentioned their psychological well being were suffering from the lodging disaster.

Fourteen % mentioned they had been subjected to an lodging rip-off, with lower than one-third reporting it to the Gardaí (Irish police).