Student accommodation has vastly improved since the days of damp digs
b"Ditch the ensuites to make student flats cheaper.\\xa0That\\u2019s the view of the technological university chief and former provost of Trinity College Dublin, Dr Patrick Prendergast.\\xa0Why has high spec student accommodation become the norm and would it help or harm the rental market to change that?\\xa0\\nTom Philips is Managing Director of Tom Philips Associates and Adjunct Associate Professor of Architecture and Planning at UCD and he spoke to Newstalk Breakfast this morning.\\nListen and subscribe to Newstalk Breakfast\\xa0on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.\\n\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\nDownload, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.\\n\\xa0\\xa0 \\nYou can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'."