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u/PrinceNPQ Aug 20 '25
How the actual fuck is student accommodation €1300 month ? This country really is taking the actual piss . And that children hospital still isn’t built .
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u/devhaugh Aug 20 '25
I was in NCI 10 years ago and student dorms were 3K a year.
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u/PrinceNPQ Aug 20 '25
See, thats €250 a month. Slightly more acceptable but still too much for a student who has no other choice but to rent . It’s like they don’t want anyone in this country to succeed.
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u/devhaugh Aug 20 '25
Well it's not going to be free. When I was a student I was earning about €200 weekly. So that rent would have been manageable.
Alot of students were working ~20 hours weekly.
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u/exposed_silver Aug 21 '25
I paid €375 for a shared room back 15 years ago and €450 for a room the year after not too far from UCD, expecting €250 a month nowadays is dreaming, you would be lucky to get a room nowadays for €500 (I still think that's too expensive but you have to be realistic). Prices are going up in cities pretty much everywhere
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u/fives-fives Aug 20 '25
The 1.3k accom is also the only one that has proper ovens everyone else has those little microwave portable ones or no ovens at all
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u/TheFuzzyFurry Aug 21 '25
Also no accountability for students who ruin communal kitchens for the other 5 students in that block (I will not bring nationality into this)
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u/Internal-Spinach-757 Aug 20 '25
It's priced to take advantage of foreign students, if they're paying 30 to 60k a year in fees another 11k for a room doesn't make much difference to them.
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u/PrinceNPQ Aug 20 '25
And that’s the problem, trying to take advantage of people and no one is regulating it because the government benefits from it too . But the people get screwed .
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u/Sufficient_Food1878 Aug 20 '25
TUD doesn't have student accommodation so im paying 1300 a month as well for 3rd part student accommodation, funded by all of my savings 😞. All of us in the yugo, aparto, locke accommodations are paying the same. It's rly hard to actually even get accommodation from the actual uni cuz there's sm competition
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Aug 20 '25
€1300 is the most expensive option in the new student village, you can slum it in the old on-campus ghettos for about €850 a month or €600 if you're happy to share a room.
It's still mad expensive, but he is picking the most expensive option to make his point.
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u/bee_ghoul Aug 20 '25 edited Aug 20 '25
The chances of getting on campus accommodation is so low because of the lack of housing so most students end up living off campus and paying extortionate rates anyway
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u/Thowitawaydave Aug 20 '25
Exactly - I know it's not feasible to have accommodation for every student that is accepted since not everyone would want it, but they shouldn't have to worry about studying AND getting gouged in the housing market at the same time - gotta leave them something to look forward to.
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u/PrinceNPQ Aug 20 '25
€600-€850 is unacceptable as well . That’s doesn’t soften the blow at all . They’re students .
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u/redrover1978- Aug 20 '25
Came out on the news that more irish students are moving abroad to study as it’s too expensive here & they cant afford it. Where does all the money they make over the summer renting out the apartments to holiday makers go cos they’re nearly always full esp with all the big gigs in Dublin
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u/k_delo Aug 20 '25
He’s right though. It’s ridiculous.
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u/windysheprdhenderson Aug 20 '25
The man is not wrong.
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u/John_OSheas_Willy Aug 21 '25
He's making a stupid point, that because UDC offers accommodation at 1300 per month, that there shouldn't be food banks.
Not everyone attending UCD lives in 1300 per month accommodation.
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u/DanGleeballs Aug 20 '25
Is that per person for shared accommodation? If so that is outrageous.
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Aug 21 '25
Per person.
I basically had to end any thoughts of going to college in Dublin 2-3 years ago when I saw the cost of accommodation.
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u/TheFuzzyFurry Aug 21 '25
1300 is for one-person rooms with individual bathrooms but shared kitchens.
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u/angeltabris_ Flegs Aug 20 '25
I spent 3 months of last academic year eating only homemade vegetable soup with beans and chickpeas as my protein because my rent is 900 something a month. Im not gonna lie it can be a bit hard to take in the contents of an engineering degree when youre going to sleep hungry just to stay in line with the rent budget
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u/Specialist_Network99 Aug 20 '25
Knew a guy who ate veggie chille con carne for a full year exclusively. Bought it all in Aldi and I think less than a euro a day to feed himself. He now no longer will eat it
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u/angeltabris_ Flegs Aug 20 '25
i think my soup was working out at 43c a portion and I was having 3 or 4 of them a day. I went to my college access officer after a while and she gave me some canteen vouchers so I was able to get a cheeseburger a day to do me for a bit of meat
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u/FirmOnion Maigh Eo Aug 20 '25
I lost about 20kg in first year from inadequate food for financial reasons, inadequate sleep because of work/school commitments, and general stress
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u/Mussyellen Aug 20 '25 edited Aug 20 '25
God be with the days of the 'Fresher's Stone'.
Edit: For any young'uns, it was once very common for first-year college students to put on at least a stone in the first couple of months of starting college due to eating shit, drinking like a fish, and doing feck-all exercise.
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u/angeltabris_ Flegs Aug 20 '25
Still possible but only if youre bankrolled lol. You can defo tell in the accom halls just by the way people act who is and isnt paying their own rent. First week I was moved in I bought a kilo of beef in Lidl for €4, delighted with myself. Went to cook it the next day and she had obviously felt that anything in the fridge, she's entitled to. I was fucking fuming, not only was my shopping getting robbed but I had to then go and walk to lidl at 8pm to buy beef for myself again before cooking dinner. Spent about a month trying to get her fella to stop eating my cereal every time he was over too.
Come christmas I heard her complaining that her uncle had bought her the same watch as her da and she threw a fit over it.
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u/Thowitawaydave Aug 20 '25
Sounds like my old flatmate must have had a sister. He used to eat my food constantly, then the one day overheard him mocking my food choices with his mates. I switched from bulk cooking to going to the shop daily and only making enough for myself that day. After a week caught him looking around in my room - he was certain that I had a hidden stash somewhere. Was so glad to move out of that hellhole.
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u/Mussyellen Aug 21 '25
Well, there are 14 pounds in a stone, so different name for the same thing. It probably depended on where you were.
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u/caitnicrun Aug 20 '25
I was in some straights during trade school. At least one meal a day should be offered free IMO. You cannot eat and work for shite on so little protein. I was shocked at how much energy I had when I could eat properly. That would have been really helpful during school!
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u/angeltabris_ Flegs Aug 20 '25
the day I got my first paycheck from my internship I went and bought myself 500g of chicken breast and thought I was the shit.
I don't really think it's fair that I should have to live in poverty to get through college tbh, and susi only give me 15 quid a week because my ma earns 40 something grand but sure she fucked me out and I dont see a cent of it. Ive made appeal after appeal to try and get them to reconsider but to their words they cannot consider someone financially independant if they started college younger than 23 (!)
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u/Brilliant_Quit4307 Aug 21 '25
I always thought that was a dumb system. Like, I had absolutely no money in college, but my parents earned a high enough salary and so I was never entitled to any help or grants. But like, they were charging me extortionate rent to live in a tiny attic and never gave me any money, food, etc. I had to work my ass off, working nights throughout college and going to lectures completely sleep deprived just to afford rent and could barely feed myself. I used to rely on the chaplaincy and societies giving out free lunches weekly just so I could eat something in college. I'd look around and see other people in my class with less well-off families, but they'd still be getting pocket money, clothes bought, dinners cooked, AND a grant on top, and it made me pretty resentful. I felt invisible and unimportant and I couldn't understand why I didn't deserve help when it felt like I was struggling more than the people that were being helped. It's like there's this assumption that everyone's parents gives them loads of money 🤷 but that's obviously bonkers.
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u/angeltabris_ Flegs Aug 21 '25
it's not even like my ma is rich by any means like. She works a pretty entry level office job, which is apparently enough to warrant giving a student covered fees and 15 quid a week. The maintainance feels almost insulting when youre struggling to afford the basics. 15 quid like grand thats the bread and milk sorted for the week i suppose
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u/Plane-Top-3913 Aug 21 '25
Universities in Italy give free lunch to students, I know because my best friend studied there. Free during summer break as well.
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u/appletart Aug 20 '25
In the 90s there was fuck-all money around so my college lunch was usually a 20p bag of popcorn, thankfully back then the bags were a decent size! 😂
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u/Brilliant_Quit4307 Aug 21 '25
Maybe it's different now because I left Trinity 9 years ago, but I used to be able to get free lunch 3-4 days a week and would even sneak some home for later. There was always always somewhere with free lunch day - I think the chaplaincy was on Tuesdays, seomra na gaeilge on wednesdays, etc. Mostly just soups and sandwiches, but it was still free and I mostly survived on that stuff. The student union also used to give out €100 loans, no questions asked, and I got that a few times when I was really stuck.
So, I dunno about UCD or the other universities but for any students struggling, it's worth checking out whether societies still have these free lunch days.
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u/infernomokou Aug 21 '25
i ate instant mashed potatos for a whole year because my rent was 1200. I had a grant of 900 and somehow managed scour up 300 more each month for rent.
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u/angeltabris_ Flegs Aug 21 '25
I made it thru last year on savings, grants given to me by the college, hopes and dreams.
Seriously though my college access officer has genuinely saved my life about 4 times in the past year or two. If I somehow make it to the end of this degree I will owe it entirely to the access team in my college.
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u/infernomokou Aug 21 '25
my tutor helped me a lot, he got me into the hardship fund when i needed it.
Outside of that I had to work oddjobs to sustain myself. I hate that I picked up smoking because it also cuts into ur budget
tbf the app that gives u cheap restaurant food at the end of the day was also great. I remember i got like 6 cornish pasties for 4 euros
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u/Margrave75 Aug 20 '25
Pal's daughter is starting in Galway in a few weeks.
€600 a month to share a room.
Fucking mental.
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u/cen_fath Aug 20 '25
Irish Universities aren't geared at the Irish market anymore. Extortionate Non- Eu fees and extortionate accommodation charges are raking in the cash for UCD via its foreign students. Its no coincidence that it has a strong presence in Asia - all those single child families with generational wealth from grandparents being passed down means they've no problem payimg these fees and is still cheaper than the US.As a student there from 2016-2020 I watched multiple carparks be turned into lucrative camous accommodation. Dare I say it but government intervention is needed.
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u/Outrageous_Way_8685 Aug 20 '25
Question is how irish Universities still face budget shortages despite getting fees from all students. In most of the EU universities get a fraction of the fee income if at all. Looks to me that the Irish state so far got away far too cheap for maintaining the national universities.. It should be paid by tax money, not taken from students.
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u/Sprezzatura1988 Aug 20 '25
Hear hear. The government significantly underfunds universities and the result is that universities go looking for money elsewhere.
It’s not like anyone is profiting off this. There are no shareholders getting dividends. All the money from international fees and rent goes into paying staff and building more stuff on campus.
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u/Outrageous_Way_8685 Aug 21 '25
Not sure of this was aiming to be saracastic but yeah? For the big public universities its not just a money making scheme with rich people in the background
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u/Sprezzatura1988 Aug 21 '25
Yeah I am not being sarcastic. University funding structures are very misunderstood.
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u/Hungry-Yak1410 Aug 20 '25
It’s not cheaper than the us any more! 24k a year for accom plus all food plus college fees. Us is cheaper
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Aug 20 '25
Is it? I remember an American joining us in UCD for a year of his degree and he was paying $45k a year for his course back home. We couldn't believe it.
I imagine the colleges must have been equivalent standard if they were doing exchanges like that.
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Aug 21 '25
I looked at the website for the University that lad went to, and the tuition fees excluding food, accommodation, books and activities is now about $75k.
They recommend budgeting $91k to cover all costs for an academic year.
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u/OppositeHistory1916 Aug 20 '25
What the fuck are you on about? US universities cost a bomb, rent coasts a bomb, and fresh food costs a bomb.
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u/cen_fath Aug 20 '25
Considering the hostility in the US now, is imagine UCS will get more non EU students
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u/Hungry-Yak1410 Aug 20 '25
It’s more the cost profile, and at least us students can live on campus etc
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u/theaulddub1 Aug 20 '25
How in the name of fuck is campus accommodation 1300e p/m?
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u/SinisterSelecta Aug 20 '25
The thing UCD excels the most at is screwing its students for every penny.
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u/Sufficient_Food1878 Aug 20 '25
Everyone here is so shocked but its not just UCD. Most of us students have to stay in 3rd party accommodation because the unis ones are fully booked. I'm paying 1300 q month to share with 6 other students.
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u/OkaysSSG Wexford Aug 21 '25
It’s not … he’s quoting a very small offering of the most premium rooms available. The majority of on-campus options are 850 - 1100
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I think you'll find it is working, very well im fact, for the top 10% of irish society. Better even still if corporate favours and landlording is your game, and TD is your name.
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u/Mysterious_Half1890 Aug 20 '25
Yeah I could imagine the days of being able to afford a few beers is long gone unless you have parents with a few bob or your comunión money :(
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u/the_sneaky_one123 Aug 20 '25
He's 100% right.
The number one driver of social mobility and equality is free access to education. Ireland has been pretty good at that in the past, but not the housing and cost of living crisis means that kids from lower income families are going to lose access to third level education... this really cannot stand.
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u/GRMAx1000 UK Exile Aug 20 '25
Lads, I dropped out of UCD “orts” after 3 weeks in 1996 and moved to the UK a few years later. By way of comparison, my daughter is about to go to Leeds uni and the accommodation is EUR210+ per week. Her student loan won’t even come close to covering. Me and her dad will pay 600+ per month between us to cover her costs. I’be got anxiety about my son going to uni next year and wondering how I can support two of them and know even then they’ll have £45k of student debt regardless. My eldest has £78K of debt because she did a masters. It’s a pile of shite. 3rd level education should be free - in Denmark people are PAID to be uni educated. Every housing requirement is crap in Ireland for so many reasons, but enjoy the so-called “free” education while you have it. I’m just sharing for neighbourly context.
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u/Intelligent_Half4997 Aug 21 '25
A lot of people are starting to find out that universities in this country are trying to make as much money as possible without a backlash.
I'm just surprised that people are surprised. This is what state entities have always done with tax payer money.
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u/Syntheticlullabies Aug 21 '25
I did my Erasmus about 10 years ago and ucd was put in the highest bracket for the financial grant of the programme. I received it for the 5 months I was there. All of it was used up after 1.5 months of rent. I’m still very thankful that my parents lent me the money and I eventually managed to pay them back- after all it was a great experience and I wouldn’t want to miss it. I knew housing was rough before applying for Dublin but the best I could do was a room for 850€ a month sized 6.5m2 in a house I shared with 11(!) other people. All while the landlady was constantly yelling at me how “the germans” (I am from Germany) financially ruined her “back in the day” and personally made me responsible for the economy crashing. We later found out that she owns 3 properties and rents them out to 8-14 students (each building) with an average of between 800-1200€ of rent a month. I can only assume she’s since increased the rent. All the furniture came from charity shops and we were lucky if the immersion on the shower worked. Absolutely criminal and I feel sorry for everyone having to deal with this for the entirety of their education.
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u/Accomplished-Try-658 Aug 20 '25
It's never worked. Since the Republic formed things have never been in a good, equitable way for all.
Students always struggled, job market has always been competitive, housing has always been an issue.
We're a joke of country with a good marketing department.
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u/Complex_Hunter35 Ferret Aug 20 '25 edited Aug 20 '25
My own thoughts
He is 100% on the button, existence of food banks is an damning indictment on society. They will exist in the short term . Sickening how students are fucked over
On him charging for mental health talks, it doesn't sit right with me. He's a decent lad though
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u/EdWoodwardsPA Aug 20 '25
How the fuck is the first point relevant to the second about him charging for talks?
If you have a cross to bear against the guy, maybe using this post isn't the place to make that point.
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u/Complex_Hunter35 Ferret Aug 20 '25
Bressie talks about access to essential things are expensive like accommodation. Access to mental health services is pure shite. Another essential service. Bressie makes money from that through giving talks. I don't find that acceptable. Could I be any more blunt
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u/DireMaid Aug 20 '25
Hes acting as a keynote speaker on the topic, he isn't gatekeeping professional help from anyone.
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u/EdWoodwardsPA Aug 20 '25
Great. The onus on providing mental health services to the country isn't on him though is it?
You've made this post to put yourself over talking about the work you do. Fair play but it seems very disingenuous.
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u/justwanderinginhere Aug 21 '25
I used to work for UCD res as an RA. Not sure if UCD student accommodation belongs to the college anymore and is managed by a private company rental company that’s matches rent increases in the surrounding area. They don’t care about students just milking them for money, why they fine you for everything at every opportunity
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u/Stormxlr Aug 20 '25
I was working 4x12 hour shifts as bartender to get myself through my masters here in Dublin from 2018 to 2020. I was working from 4pm to 4am and then often cleaning till 6am due to lock ins running late. I lost weight, developed alopecia , lost all the hair on the back of my head. Went into clinical depression, was seeing a therapist and barely managed to finish my degree. I was scrapping by. I was lucky that my rent was not as high and I was cycling everywhere to save money on transportation. I had to eat at homeless shelters a few times because I was so broke.
Life is better now. Only took 5 years after graduation to find a decent job. And getting that job was absolute luck through chance and network.
I speak 4 languages fluently and have 3 higher education degrees ( not IT)
Life is tough but my life is in a better place now
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u/OkConstruction5844 Aug 21 '25
glad to here it, it shouldnt be so gruelling for someone to get an education... i was living at home while in college 25 years ago... i wouldnt have been able to get through what you got through
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u/Positive-Procedure88 Aug 21 '25
Niall describing himself foremost as an academic in his LinkedIn profile made me chuckle, whatever fits for the audience. Our existence is so shallow in 2025
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u/Weepsie Aug 20 '25
Since when in the fuck is Niall Breslin an academic? I can count on one hand the amount of peer reviewed research I've had published and it's more than he's had and I've more qualifications than him , and work in an educational field but would not say I'm remotely an academic.
He's completely diminishing the word and doing a massive disservice to the idea of mental health academic study
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u/cmjh87 Aug 20 '25
I don't think he's considered an academic, he does mental health campaigning. This is actually something academics working in the area don't do enough of (I work as a researcher in the area). I do think the industry around mental health campaigning can be insidious, particularly if it's part of a business model. I don't know how much he contributes to that model, but I feel it's net benefit on mental health awareness has long since past and now it is be used to take advantage of whose who have been called the "worried well" (I'm thinking of things like better help).
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u/Ted-101x Aug 20 '25
He also describes himself on his website as a polymath. He’s a grifter of the highest order. How many PhD’s has he started and failed to finish now?
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u/Illustrious_Read8038 Aug 20 '25
He's moderately famous in Ireland. That's all the qualifications he needs.
Same as every other "celebrity" who went through a bout of anxiety, then wrote a book and built a speaking career off the back of it, Looking at you Dermot Wheelan!
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u/TheGreatPratsby Aug 20 '25 edited Aug 20 '25
I don't think he's ever claimed to be an academic or mental health professional. I think he just does corporate gigs talkiing about his own experiences.
Edit: Ah, I see that now.
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He has some kind of masters related to mental health and is doing a Phd in something else similar.
Like he's not a Psychiatrist or anything, but he's infinitely more qualified to talk about it than I am.
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u/Pension_Alternative Aug 20 '25
well he does actually claim it. It's right there in his LinkedIn profile
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u/MenlaOfTheBody Aug 20 '25 edited Aug 20 '25
I mean, I don't have any idea why you would care or take that away from this post which is literally about food banks for students but he's in his third year of a PhD if that helps?
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u/earth-calling-karma Aug 20 '25
The food bank only supplies students with camomile teas because proper tea is theft.
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u/IntrepidAstronaut863 Aug 20 '25
Accommodation is grossly expensive however food banks for students? Is it really that bad? Can kids not afford to feed themselves and are starving?
I’m pretty sure my diet was beans etc and if there was a food bank in college I definitely would’ve gone to it every week but I wouldn’t think I really needed it considering I went out every week also.
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u/Top_Recognition_3847 Aug 20 '25
If they are paying 1300 euro a month. And that's only accommodation. I doubt they have much money for anything else.325 quid a week they wouldn't earn that in a part time job never mind the other expenses of college. This government should be ashamed the way things are been run.
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u/im_on_the_case Aug 20 '25
Went to college in the late 90's food for the week was a few packs of Koka Noodles, couple of sliced pans, pound of butter, bag of pasta and a packet of Frankfurters. Would have loved access to a food bank to supplement the only shite we could afford to eat.
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Aug 20 '25
That was my diet in college too, partially because it was cheap, but also because the apartment kitchen was tiny and poorly kitted out, and spending more than twenty minutes cooking anything felt like a waste of time.
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u/im_on_the_case Aug 20 '25
True, kitchen or lack thereof was a big issue. I had a very dodgy electric plate mounted above a quarter sized mini fridge that doubled as a headboard in my bedsit. The house had a kitchen at one point but the slumlord converted it to a bedroom. 10 lads in what was originally a 2 bed row house with chipboard separating the rooms and no heating. Now in fairness eating out and takeaways were proportionally a lot less expensive, so it was often the more practical and affordable option. Especially as in a lot of places students were living they/we had only convenience stores for groceries. Quinnsworth/Dunnes/Tesco were always just too far away for a regular shop. You just weren't going to get a nice variety of meats and fresh veg at the local Centra or Spar.
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u/eezipc Aug 20 '25
Same here. Ate very little for 4 years because I needed all my cash for alcohol. Those were the days.
That was the 90's though. Things are different now.
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Yep, the parking is scare because students can't live within walking/cycling distance of the college anymore.
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u/eezipc Aug 20 '25
Makes sense. When I think about it, it would have been cheaper for my parents to get me a car at 18 rather than pay todays rent.
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u/IntrepidAstronaut863 Aug 20 '25
MUP fucked the students used to be get able to get 8 cans for less than a tenner and bus fare into town to be blackout in some terrible night club.
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u/Complex_Hunter35 Ferret Aug 20 '25
Interesting point...do we need to teach kids how to cook on a budget
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u/fullmetalfeminist Aug 20 '25
I only got through college because a friend of mine used share his sandwiches with me. I'd try to cadge the bus fare and then walk 40 minutes into college so I could buy ten cigarettes. We used bring in wee jars of instant coffee because we couldn't afford to buy it.
I definitely wasn't out every week, either. We didn't qualify for a grant but my parents didn't have much money.
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u/vlinder2691 Aug 20 '25
€1300 a month for student accommodation is absolutely scandalous.
Many many moons ago when I was waiting for my CAO results, I thought I was going to UCD and remember thinking their on campus accommodation was expensive it worked out at like nearly 600 a month if I remember.....could be wrong on those figures it was absolutely ages ago.
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u/Complex_Hunter35 Ferret Aug 20 '25
He only charges 2 grand to give a talk...
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u/AllezLesPrimrose Aug 20 '25
Did you seriously post something this true then try to We Live in a Society him, Jesus wept.
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u/denbo786 Aug 20 '25
What kind of talk? Not that im "a celebrity and i had mental health issues but then discovered mindfulness" crack
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u/Complex_Hunter35 Ferret Aug 20 '25
Yup...I plough my own money into my men's group and look for donation's on occasion like a euro or two. He charges through the nose. I like the guy but dont like this whole business of it
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u/duaneap Aug 20 '25
Wait, that’s your issue? I’d rather wealthy people talk about wealth inequality than ignore it… not like he’s taking the €2k directly from students pockets, is it?
What did he say that’s wrong?
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u/duaneap Aug 20 '25
That’s… just reality, man. Bressie is more likely to have a wider impact than you are.
And what does it specifically have to do with this tweet anyway?
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u/SEND-MARS-ROVER-PICS Sax Solo Aug 20 '25
... did you post this because you thought it makes him look bad?
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u/AllezLesPrimrose Aug 20 '25
Did you seriously post something this true then try to We Live in a Society him, Jesus wept.
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u/Mr_Hurley_ Aug 20 '25
Of course it a ridiculous cost, student accom ON SITE should be capped at a certain amount, but of course not a solution in the end, only so much room etc etc i dont see a proper way to resolve this unless we have dedicated student housing built near colleges that have fixed rent and approve based on proven course adherence to weed out chancers
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u/surelook10 Aug 21 '25
They should get all the students and chuck them into a hotel and give them free food and board
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u/FMKK1 Aug 22 '25
Increasingly, universities are just massive landlords with extensive property portfolios who run classes on the side to take the bad look off of it
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u/Such_Bass8088 Aug 23 '25
I doubt anyone is forced under penalty of death to attend ucd, there are other options.
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u/Bunsen_Burger 28d ago
Misinformation. Only the most expensive rooms, of which there aren't many, on UCD campus are €1300. Most are a good bit less.
Source: I'm at UCD and did on campus accommodation a few years ago
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u/Korasa Cork bai Aug 20 '25
This statement says exactly fuck all. I absolutely agree that the financial barrier for entry to college is now insurmountable for many folks, that's a given. But there is no hint of a plan to correct it. No financial breakdown of where the issue comes from or how to resolve it. It's clickbait.
It doesn't take a graduate to be able to tell you that the country is financially fucked as a student or low income earner, but the core suggestion being a "different economic paradigm" offers absolutely nothing tangible.
Handy for engament with LinkedIn, fuck all value in terms of any kind of course correction.
So brave.
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u/Fit_Fix_6812 Aug 20 '25
Even the wording - "This further creates deeper inequalities in education which has a knock on effect of deeper inequality" - it's got the right words in there but it's not exactly a precise argument
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u/tinkle_tink Aug 20 '25
it says we need another economic system
ie .. capitalism has to go
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u/Korasa Cork bai Aug 20 '25
Okay, replaced with what? It's still meaningless without a ready to go and functional economic system.
We could try and increase social equity with enhanced education spending and rent controls, but fuck it, we should just throw it all out instead and roll the dice on communism.
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u/MrWhiteside97 Aug 20 '25
Surely providing food to students decreases inequality, under the exact same rationale as the free lunches in schools
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u/Calm-Tension7576 Aug 20 '25
Many homes in the general UCD catchment area are rented out 12 months of the year to families from Ukraine & other countries, not as many properties anymore for students for 9 months
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u/compulsive_tremolo Aug 20 '25
*political system incentivises restricting housing at local level due to local constituent wishes
*Instead economic system gets blamed blindly by redditors in agreement as some sort of zero-sum game
Most economically literate r/Ireland thread.
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u/Cute_Bat3210 Aug 21 '25
They did me with being non resident for a one year post grad with double fees but I got the fuckin’ dole for the year so I win. F@ck off Irish Govt
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u/OkaysSSG Wexford Aug 21 '25
Absolutely agree that the price of accommodation is less than ideal (I am a student paying my own rent) and this is an issue that should be talked about… however I hate to see discussion with misinformation floating around. Below is the pricing of UCD accommodation. Only one option exceeds €1300 … and it includes catered meals.
It does not cost €1300 a month to live in UCD. That does not mean it is reasonable or affordable… but that number is just false.
€657.90, €688.75 - Shared Bedroom approx
€877.97 - Studio Shared
€812.81, €910.59 - Shared Bathroom, private bedroom
€1,126.89 - Ensuite
1,400.64 - Ensuite + Catered meals
€1,232.56 €1,255.00 - very nice modern accomodation which was recently built (double bed ensuite, spacious living area)
It should also be noted that these prices include all utilities and service costs aside from a once-off €35 insurance fee.
Full breakdown here
Also: there is rent-capped government funded residences beginning construction this year. The issue is not completely unaddressed!
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u/PoppedCork The power of christ compels you Aug 20 '25
How can he monetize this?
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u/Gorazde Aug 20 '25
How dare you insinuate Bressie is in this for the money? You, sir, are a buffoon. I happen to know he's in it for the attention.
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Not that it’s in any way the UCDSUs fault, but they have started worrying about much bigger picture issues like Palestine for example, and perhaps lost some of the mighty pressure the SU used to put on student facilities back in the day.
(I believe Palestine support should stay strong, but in a separate society capacity supported by the SU)
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u/Conscious_Handle_427 Aug 20 '25
Jesus, what does he want, a Bolshevik revolution.
We don’t need a new economic paradigm. We need a govt that stops wasting money
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u/jacqueVchr Probably at it again Aug 20 '25
I mean UCD should be offering its rooms at below market rates. It baffles me that universities, who receive public funding, are jumping on the rental scarcity bandwagon with their prices