Student Fees Demonstration
We need your support this Wednesday 04th.
Wednesday the 4th of February is a date to be marked in your calender. It marks the Nation Protest against Student Fees. We need you to make your voice heard in opposition to the Governments plans.WHAT WE MUST FIGHT:
CAPITATION FEE:Slams the door to college for many.
TUITION FEES:
Leads to crushing debt and bankruptcy.
STUDENT LOANS:
Ends in mass emigration.
EDUCATION CUTBACKS:
Threaten ALL our Futures.
Northside Students:
Assemble @ 13.00 in the Courtyard of Bolton St or outside the Living Room pub on Cathal Brugha St.
Southside Students:
Assemble @ 12.45 in the Foyer of Aungier St.
Watch the Protest Video here...
Huge turnout for Protest!
Congratulations to the DIT students' who turned out in their hundreds to pound the pavement through the city yesterday to express their anger at both the huge increase in their registration fees and the proposals to reintroduce third level tuition fees. It is estimated that over 10,000 students took part in yesterdays protest, which ran from Parnell Square to Leinster House.
It was encouraging to see that the pensioners, who had just finished their own very successful protest filled the coffee shops and the streets along the route to shout words of encouragement to the younger generation. And never has the generation gap seemed so small and insignificant - those who worked to build this country into the prosperous first world country it is today and those that will take that responsibility into the future.
Take a few moments to check out some of the media coverage
www.independent.ie
www.irishtimes.ie
www.irishexaminer.com
And our own pics are over here in the Gallery...
Remember people, this is only the beinging and there is alot of hard work ahead of us. To download a letter of protest to the Minister for Education & Science Batt O'Keeffe, please click here. Theres no need to post it, you can drop it in to your nearest Student' Union and we'll do that for you!
Last but not least - an important note for your diary - the National Day of Protest will take place in February/March, so keep checking back here for updates! We're thinking even bigger and better than yesterday!
Check out our fantastic 'Student Cam' video here...
