This is only the beginning… Free Education for Everyone (FEE) Galway is currently engaged in an occupation of Deputy Brian Walsh’s Constituency Office to bring awareness to the fact that students will not accept any hike in the Registration Fee, any cut to the maintenance grant or any austerity measures aimed to make the most…
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…
Springtime, the New Student Rebellions (Edited by Clare Solomon and Tania Palmieri. Verso.) The autumn and winter of 2010 saw the sudden and dramatic re-emergence of radical student movements, with mass student uprisings taking place across Europe and the United States in opposition to both the austerity measures being levelled against ordinary people as a…
A group of around 30 protesters gathered at 1pm outside the vice chancellor’s office at Queens University main building. Our intention was to occupy his office but the security quickly barricaded the doors, so the group ended up moving towards the main hall, which contained a meeting of around 100 delegates discussing, as we were…
What was the protest about? The protest against the Con-Dem led hike in university fees began outside the Lanyon building of QUB at 1pm on Tuesday. The protest was called by FEE (Free Education for Everyone), a grassroots group campaigning against the proposed £9,000 tuition fees for higher education. The target of the protest was…
Video footage of the occupation of the Department of Finance by USI members on the National Student Protest. A female student is knocked unconcious by a Garda 3 minutes in.
A number of photos have emerged showing students having sustained serious injuries at the hands of Gardai at yesterdays National Student Protest. If you’ve got some images or video footage, upload them to Flickr or send them to stopfees@gmail.com. Photo credits to Mindful Youth and GFox
To Gary Redmond, I am currently a part-time student, paying fees in NUI Maynooth. I am also a full time worker. I am writing to express my disgust at your statement below: From The Irishtimes online: “USI is saddened by the actions of a small minority of people who staged a sit-in protest at the…
Video footage showing Gardai hitting students at the National Student protest. USI President Gary Redmond has condemned the protesters. He has not commented on violence from the Gardai.
From USI, the Union of Students in Ireland: ”USI is saddened by the actions of a small minority of people who staged a sit-in protest at the Dept of Finance, shortly after the USI protest march today. This anti-social behaviour was completely separate from USI’s demo”. According to USI, a sit-in and occupation protest are ‘anti-social behaviour’….
