The Indo Daily Investigates: €5m student accommodation overspend – The UL housing scandal at centre of garda probe
University of Limerick
The University of Limerick (UL) is engulfed in a scandal arising from a €5m overspend on student housing 3km from the college campus.
The university spent €11.44m on the purchase of 20 homes in Rhebogue, on the outskirts of Limerick, but the properties were worth roughly half of that. They also do not have planning permission to be used as student accommodation, and the matter is the subject of a planning review by An Bord Pleanála.
UL wrote to gardaí last month to notify them of a possible fraud. The matter is being assessed by the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau to see if a criminal investigation is warranted.
Poison-pen letters sent to the university last year are the subject of a criminal investigation over the alleged harassment and intimidation of a whistleblower who questioned the purchase. The letter writer is alleged to have tried to undermine doubts raised about the purchase, sparking fears of bullying and threats concerning the transaction.
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