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Any of the places mentioned above will see you fine for UCD.

Don't bother looking past daft.ie[/url:1xbjozn5] if you're searching for somewhere.

Some general advice as regards renting in Ireland.

Up until about 6 months ago, renting was a sellers market and landlords could name their price, but that has been changing rapidly. Rents are only going one way for the foreseeable future, and that's down. There has been a steady increase in supply so renters can afford to be a bit more picky.

That said, good housing, well located will always attract a premium and generally will be snapped up quickly, but you should still be able to find somewhere suitable for a reasonable price.

I think, however, that a 6 month lease would be the exception.

If you use Firefox, then I'd visit Property-Bee[/url:1xbjozn5] and install the toolbar, this keeps a track of rents and time on the market of anywhere you're looking at, which might give you and indication of where you stand with regard to certain houses.

There is a property group that have short-term rentals, although they're usually by the month or so, and usually geared towards students renting a room in an apartment rather than the whole apartment, but shorter-term leases are out there.

If worst comes to the worst you could sign a 1-year lease and then say you've been forced to return to the States earlier than anticipated. Many landlords will be ok with that if you find them a new tenant before you go, so that they don't have empty space bringing in no money. However they might ask to retain your deposit, though not all will.

Poc, microgirl and Kenmc,

Thanks for the input! It's nice to know that we should be ok. Some of the informationi that we have been getting has benn pretty discouraging. I'll let you know how it goes and thanks again!