17th September 2012 Student anti-cuts group Free Education for Everyone (FEE) has slammed Clare County Council for demanding that an Ennis woman provide proof of payment of the household charge before they release her college grant. The woman, an activist with the Campaign Against Household and Water Taxes, is a tenant and not personally liable…
Free Education for Everyone is calling on all those who believe in universal education to attend this USI Congress next week – delegate or not.
Maynooth Student’s Union held a protest outside the Iontas building on North Campus on Monday the 12th March, when Minister of State and European affairs Lucinda Creighton was visiting to give a lecture on opportunities for graduates in Europe. This followed an open letter they sent to the President of the College, Professor Philip Nolan,…
This article originally appeared in the Student Observer (2/2/12) In his first article for the Student Observer, Eoin Griffin writes of the need for a coherent and empathetic student leadership in the wake of serious problems locally and nationally. Recently in UCD some 300 students marched in protest at cut backs to student services. This…
Today, Tuesday the 29th of November, several officers from the Union of Students in Ireland (USI) took part in consecutive occupations of two government buildings, that of the Department of Jobs, Enterprise & Innovation for 15 minutes, and the Department of Social Protection for a longer period. The Free Education for Everyone (FEE) student campaign…
Images from the protest at the office of Aine Brady, Fianna Fail T.D The protest was addressed by members of academic staff and a member of FEE IADT, another branch of the campaign for free education. Many of the students and staff gathered held placards expressing solidarity with the Clondalkin students who walked out on…
Today students from NUI Maynooth staged a picket at the office of Aine Brady T.D. The protest was organised by the Free Education for Everyone (FEE) campaign, who were also involved in the Castlebar secondary level walkouts. Between 150 and 200 students gathered at the office of the Fianna Fail T.D to protest against education…
Fuller report to follow later. FEE activists today joined lecturers from the university in protest at the on-campus AIB. While security prevented a sit-in from taking place, speeches were delivered by students and staff alike on the role the banks have played in the economic crisis in this country outside. Students gathered to listen to…
December ninth looks busy. Maynooth: March on the office of Aine Brady T.D Meet at 1pm outside the John Hume building, North Campus. Belfast: March from QUB front gates at 12pm.
THURSDAY DECEMBER 9 1PM OUTSIDE JOHN HUME BUILDING, NORTH CAMPUS Facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=171002986264871 In response to the coming budget, FEE NUIM are calling upon students, staff and members of the local community to march on the constituency office of Fianna Fail T.D., Aine Brady, located on the main street. The coming budget will entail an…