 On Wednesday, the 3rd of October, the students of DCU and other universities gathered at Parnas Square in protest over the rise of student accommodation prices. In 2017, 429 students in third level education were homeless. We spoke to student union leader Craig about his views on this dilemma. I'm in the tall today, supported by basically the entire opposition, except for Fina Fall, to demand action on housing, to demand an end to the homelessness crisis and the housing crisis, which is really feeding into the student accommodation market. But we've felt, especially in the last two, three years, with rent increases of 24, 27% right back home at DCU. So there's very lots of DCUs here today. So it's a big day for us. I'm paying about seven grand for my rent. So it's awful and there's a lot of people paying a lot more. It's absolutely ridiculous. So coming out today means a whole lot to try and voice their opinions and try and make a change because there's people living in awful conditions and it's just not fit for a dog, never mind students. Basically, I think the rent prices are outrageous. I think landlords are taking advantage of students because we have no choice. I'm coming in from Dundalk. That's an hour and a half every single morning. I'm frankly, I'm tired and I think that rent needs to go down. In support of the students, several political parties and organisations attended the match, including Shin Fain and Orla O'Connor, the director of the National Women's Council of Ireland. 69% of students committed to the university in 2017, including Manny from DCU. I'm Shauna Boris from DCUTV News.