Food poverty is affecting students across the board and is not confined to those renting in the city.
That's according to the UCC Students Union Welfare Officer who was commenting in the wake of the reopening of the college Food Bank to help students who are struggling to feed themselves.
It emerged last week that cash-strapped students at UCC had to turn to Penny Dinners in recent weeks for help as their money has run out once they have paid for accommodation and bills.
Students Union Welfare Officer Caoimhe Walshe told RedFM News that it has been very tough listening to students who are struggling since the start of the academic year:
"It affects all students I've had all students come up to me, students that are living at home, and students who are out of home and in student accommodations or renting around the city. I think this is the real thing that's happening at the moment, that a lot of students are really struggling financially, and they can't really rely on their parents either especially since you know during the pandemic like a lot of parents would have lost their jobs and not have as much money coming in."
