29th September 2009 Student campaign group, Free Education for Everyone (FEE) is planning to planning to stage a blockade of Bertie Aherns appearance at a debate on the Lisbon Treaty, tonight at 7pm in UCD’s O’Reilly Hall. Following a blockade of Brian Lenihan by the group last September, Martin Mansergh, Mary Hannafin and Conor Lenihan…
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UCD FEE Protest: Bertie’s coming to Belfield
Education shouldn’t be a debt sentence. UCD Free Education for Everyone are holding a protest against the arrival of pro-fees TD, Bertie Ahern on campus.
Copenaghen, Denmark : Student blockade over grant cuts
Students at Roskilde University set up a blockade at the institution’s administrative offices this morning in protest against educational cuts proposed by the Tax Commission, reported Berlingske Tidende newspaper. The commission’s proposal to reduce students’ eligibility period for state financial assistance from six years to four has met with disapproval with university students across the…
Trinity News: UCD fees protest sees three students arrested
As the anti-fees offensive heats up, a recently formed student campaign group in UCD, Free Education for Everybody (FEE), staged a protest on Monday the 20th of October against the arrival of Minister for Finance, Brian Lenihan, on campus. Mr. Lenihan was chairing a function at the Clinton Institute in Belfield. President of the UCD…
Metro: Two Arrested in Lenihan Fee Protest
Two students were arrested last night at UCD for public order offences ata protest as Finance Minister Brian Lenihan was due to chair a lecture at the college. The number of students involved in the protest reached about 150.
Irish Times: Two arrested at UCD fees protest
ÉANNA Ó CAOLLAÍ Two men have been arrested for public order offences at University College Dublin (UCD) ahead of a scheduled lecture where Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan was due to appear.
UCD students barricade minister into building
Today hundreds of students sat down to prevent the minister of education, Noel Dempsey, leaving the Vets building in UCD. Barricades were erected to prevent his car leaving
UCD Students Blockade Fianna Fail Junior Minister
UCD STUDENTS BLOCKADE BRIAN LENIHAN TD. Today over over 60 students engaged in a walking picket and sit down blockade at the opening ceremony of the new Arts Annex in UCD. The protest organised by the Campaign for Free Education (CFE) came on the back of a meeting of ordinary students held in UCD last…
Student Protests Continue To Escalate.
Over 60 students engaged in a walking picket and sit down blockade at the opening ceremony of the new Arts Annex at University College Dublin. The protest organised by the Irish Campaign for Free Education (CFE) came on the back of a meeting of ordinary students held in UCD last week. Originally it was believed…
