At The Duke, we host residents at all phases of third level education, from first-year ‘freshers’ to post-doctorate students.

We are sensitive to the fact that our younger residents are making a significant transition from secondary school to third level education, whilst also making the move away from home for the first time. As parents ourselves, we’re conscious of the need to provide for the safety, security and welfare of our residents, and we have designed our process to put these at the core of everything we do.

How safe is The Duke Student Accommodation at Maynooth

The Duke Maynooth is a building on the Main Street of Maynooth There is electronic access control to and from the building, and CCTV from the street to each part of the building right up to the outside of each bedroom door.

During office hours, the building is manned by our Residence Manager and Assistant Residence Manager. Outside office hours, we have a security guard service on patrol.

Compliance Standards

At The Duke, we apply safety standards from Ireland and the UK, and we apply these as standard. This consists of daily, weekly, monthly, and annual checks to ensure everything remains compliant and is maintained in a safe condition.

Fire Safety

Apart from the above safety measures, we also intend to brief our residents on safety, and in particular, on fire safety. 

Our residents will learn about the causes of fires, how to prevent them, how to use the equipment provided throughout the building, evacuation procedures, and how to safely use and store equipment such as laptops, mobile phones, tablets, hair straighteners and hair-dryers.

We will also be providing a Portable Appliance Testing service to test all such appliances brought to the building by our residents – laptops, phones, tablets, hair dryers, hair straighteners, and so on (where the appliances are more than one year old). This helps us to reduce the risk of any incident arising from faulty electrical devices.

Medical Emergencies

We have the contact details and directions for local doctors and hospitals in the area, and every resident is provided with these in their welcome pack.

Pastoral Care

Maynooth has a variety of welfare services available – from student health centres, chaplaincies, counselling services and so on.