GARDAÍ warned students to respect local residents and avoid engaging in antisocial behaviour, or else face repercussions, as celebrations commenced yesterday at University College Cork for Raise and Give (RAG) Week.

Organisers of today's students protest in Cork believe it will be a peaceful event.

STUDENTS at University College Cork have welcomed the cancellation of a controversial planned €65 fee for graduates attending summer conferrings.

The UCC Students Union has hit out at the college for bringing in a graduation fee of €65.

THOUSANDS of students voiced their opposition to being hit with extra charges on top of higher registration fees when they took to the streets of Cork opposing any return of college fees.

THOUSANDS of students are struggling to return to college every autumn because of the Government’s refusal to reintroduce the Summer Jobs Scheme it scrapped four years ago, it was claimed yesterday.