UCC - Would you believe it?

Exactly my thoughts when I saw the notice.

I don't believe it's a reflection on how poor students are but rather a sign that young people love free stuff!

More money for fun stuff!

Edit : I'm not saying that there aren't any students seriously struggling - there always have been seriously poor students and, no doubt, there always will be. I just don't believe that this food bank and its popularity are reliable indicators of said poverty.

Bars, cafes etc crying out for staff. Half of these freeloaders would be laughing at the notion. 18 months of students who maybe made 100-150 at best of a week in a part time job suddenly being paid 350euro for sitting on their hole. **** disgrace. and yes I worked all the way through Covid.

Ah now, don't deny them their university 'experience'.

You do realise there are 20k+ students in UCC alone right? And another 10k or so in MTU in Bishopstown. Are you saying every single one of those 30k students in UCC/MTU go on the piss daily and spend all their money on food and drink? Every one of them broke wing mirrors, pissed on your door and cause hassle for the Gardai? Way to tar everyone with one brush. Not everybody gets pissed on slabs or vodka daily. Within this 30k population there will be at least 100 people who struggle to get food, and there is definitely more then 100

You do realise there is multiple groups within UCC alone that have weekly clean up events where they go around to all the local areas and clean up all the cans etc which have been left over by those students you mention.

As for the 350 a week, students were taken off the PUP at the start of the academic year and most students wouldn't have been getting the 350 a week anyway. Many of the students I know have moved to call centres etc where hours are more guaranteed.

A bit of cop on please

Source: A student in UCC.

They might have a job? They could have other commitments that you don't know of, repayments you don't know of, they could have a disability which stops them from being able to get a traditional 'student' job, same as any person.

.People have different circumstances and are in University to try and better themselves in order to get an even better job.

We also do not know the age of these students, assuming they are young and on the piss is unfair. UCC has thousands of mature students attending lectures daily as well, could just as easily be them seeking support.

On a different campus (Dublin) I have noticed people are sleeping in their cars.

I remember the toilet rolls being padlocked to the wall of the toilet cubicles in one college. I dunno if they do it in them all :-)

If only they stopped spending all their money on drink!!! etc etc...

🙄 *pacman emote* <-- miss this one

The state of the comments on here. Shame on ye. There is a LOT of students struggling.

I've a friend who's currently going to UL living in his car. Can't afford accommodation. Comes home on the weekends to work in a bar in town. Same situation exists in Cork.

I would have assumed that from reading my other replies on the thread and with the emojis I used, that you would have understood it to be sarcasm 🙃

It’s no way to live. Absolutely miserable.