A protest will take place outside a student accommodation complex at the centre of a row over rising rent prices. DCU students will gather outside Shanowen Square, a privately-owned complex, at around lunchtime. It is after providers of accommodation near the college have increased their rent prices by as much as 27%. Let’s show them just what DCU are made of pic.twitter.com/hWGbXGtyOz — DCU Students' Union (@DCUSU) March 28, 2018USI President Michael Kerrigan believes the students are right to protest. He said: "The students are angry, they have been protesting this and they are dead right.

Source: Evening echo March 29, 2018 10:41 UTC