FEE Derry have organised a number of walkouts at secondary school level in Derry, to protest against education cuts and protect the EMA. Below is the text of a leaflet from the group. FEE Derry is an organisation set up and run by students. It is a non sectarian, non party political campaigning organisation….
The above image shows Castlebar students on the march to the office of Beverly Cooper Flynn, Fianna Fail T.D. Do you have images or video footage from the secondary school walkouts in Clondalkin, Castlebar, Derry or Belfast? Do you want to get involved with the FEE campaign? Get in touch with us at stopfees@gmail.com
Our thanks to People Before Profit for the textinformation below. FEE Derry can be found on Facebook here.
Below is an email we received from an 18 year old student in Castlebar. If you were at the Clondalkin, Castlebar, or Derry protests, and want to write about your experiences for this site, or have phone/camera photos, you can use our contact form to get in touch. The Irish Times and Independent have picked up on the…
Update: The schools Board of Management have postponed the meeting. Tomorrows actions have been cancelled. We’ll keep posting updates as we receive them. If you were at the Clondalkin or Castlebar protests, and want to write about your experiences for this site, or have phone/camera photos, you can use our contact form to get in…
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…
This just in from Free Education for Everyone activists in two Castlebar secondary schools: Students in Castlebar are marching to the office of Beverly Cooper Flynn behind the Free Education for Everyone banner. They have expressed their solidarity with the Clondalkin students who staged a walkout on budget day. Today, students from several Castlebar educational…
Call for messages of suppot to school to stop expulsion. Approx 100, mainly 5th and 6th year students from two secondary schools in Clondalkin (Coláiste Bríde and Moyle Park College) took part in a walk out on budget day against the cutbacks in education and increased college fees. The students gathered in front of the…
Reports from the secondary school student rally at Guildhall Square yesterday are excellent. The rally was intended to drum up support for a planned walkout this Friday against education cuts and to save the EMA (Education Maintenance Allowance). The EMA is a payment given to students who are 16,17 or 18 from low income families….
FEE were delighted to share a platform at the Dail last night with Shane Donnelly, one of the secondary school students from the budget day walkouts in Clondalkin. The campaign for free education must include students at secondary level as well as those in the colleges and universities. The actions of the young students in Clondalkin…
