December 5 2011. Students from the Free Education for Everyone (FEE) campaign have occupied the Ranelagh offices of Eoghan Murphy, Fine Gael TD. They are protesting against any cuts to the grant and any increase of third level fees. FEE last week occupied the office of Brian Walsh T.D in Galway, and this is the…
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…
Lorcan Gray and Suzanne Lee, prominent activists in FEE, are running in the UCD Students’ Union elections which will take place this week. As FEE members, Free Education in a main point in both of their manifestos. Both candidates stand for; -No Re-introduction of direct tuition fees. -Abolition of the Registration fee. -No fees for…
On Saturday 11th December, USI National Council passed a motion allowing the USI leadership to call for the renegotiation of the Croke Park Deal, so that public-sector pay can be reduced. Dr Paula Gilligan, Head of the Department of Humanities in IADT gives her personal opinion on USIs move. ****** This is a really outrageous…
Last night in Dublin former US president Bill Clinton told an invited gathering of 575 of the richest 1% of Ireland’s population that they were the greatest problem facing the world. They paid over €2500 a head to hear this as they chomped down on “Atlantic salmon, Connemara lamb and lemon posset, washed down with…
UCD president Hugh Brady awarded former US president Bill Clinton with the Ulysses medal last night as the war criminal visited the Clinton Institute for American Studies on campus. The medal, UCDs highest accolade, is awarded to those who have made “an outstanding global contribution”. Among Clintons outstanding global contributions are the bombing of civilian facilities in Sudan, the imposition…
We’ve just learned that Bill Clinton is due to speak at an invitation-only function in the UCD Clinton Institute this Thursday evening. This is a man who is responsible for the deaths of many in his furthering of a US imperialist agenda while in office. His presidency saw attacks on Afghanistan and Sudan, as well…
The Irish Congress of Trade Unions is today holding a national day of protest against pay cuts in the public and private sectors, as well as cuts in public services. The move marks the beginning of an ICTU campaign to fight any move to cut workers’ pay and pensions or to slash funding for public…
FEE (Free Education for Everyone) activists in Ireland involved in an occupation of Paul Gogarty TD’s offices (Green Party Education Spokesperson) in December 2008 have now been threatened almost a year later with “adult cautions” by the Gardai. This is an appeal for solidarity emails and phone calls to remove that threat.
Written in 2006 by current Labour Party Councillor, Dermot Looney. Dermot Looney leaves UCD once and for all with confidence in future radicalism.