A Trinity College lecturer has started the academic year in a hostel after he was forced to give up his Dublin apartment over the summer due to colossal rents.
Niall Kennedy, who works in Trinity’s French department, says his contract states that he is not employed by the college outside of term time, meaning he was in a predicament when the semester began earlier this month. He took to Twitter on Thursday to share that he has had no alternative but to live in hostels while teaching in the university.
The average cost of a hostel room ranges from between €40-60 a night and the living conditions have led to Niall developing a “nagging” cough over the past few weeks. He told Dublin Live: “I could be sharing with up to 10 people, such as stag party groups.
