A new gate beside Printing House Square opens on to Pearse Street, intended to link the college directly with the city, effectively making it a public square.
Walls in public areas are concrete, with beech-finish and brightly coloured panels. Rooms on top, the fifth floor, look into the courtyard, across the college and beyond that to the city, the Four Courts’ dome and the old Central Bank is identifiable nearby. From the top floor there’s a good view of award-winning McCullough Mulvin’s smart roof, with swish PV panels , one undulating stone roof inspired by the Dublin Mountains, and another profile reminiscent of the city’s Georgian roofs.
Shared kitchen. Trinity College Dublin's Printing House Square student accommodation for tourists. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw All housing in Dublin is eye-wateringly expensive. It’s a measure of Irish tourist accommodation’s current dysfunctionality and unabashed price-gouging that the rates for Trinity’s summer rooms seem good value by comparison. Printing House Square singles are from €160 and doubles from €220. “Heritage rooms” in the older buildings are from €90 or €110 . Prices may rise by €20 or €30 when availability is tight.