The Union of Students of Ireland has said that "all hell will break loose" if Education Minster Ruairi Quinn re-introduces third-level fees.

The long awaited Student Support Bill has today been published by Minister for Education Mary Hanafin.

Opposition politicians today joined with around 200 student protestors to demand the immediate introduction of proposed laws to reform the grants system.

Ruairí Quinn TD and Senator Pearse Doherty will deliver public addresses calling for urgent enactment of the Student Support Bill when they speak in support of students at a demonstration outside the Dáil this morning.

Up to 30 students have set up camp outside Leister House in Dublin this evening in protest over accommodation shortages.

Students hope speaking to TDs one to one about the re-introduction of third level fees will win them over to their side of the arguement.

A number of students have been removed from the Department of Finance by the gardai after locking themselves into the front office.

Eleven students from three universities have locked themselves into the front office of the Department of Finance as part of the ongoing row over fees.

It has been confirmed that the Labour Court is to meet members of the ASTI on Sunday.

Four students have been taken into custody for public order offences during a protest march on Leinster House today.

Secondary school students in various counties across the country are staging their second walkout in a week.

Students in Carrick-on-Suir, Cahir and Laois have refused to attend classes in protest at the teachers' strike.

Two groups of students in separate schools have staged walkouts this morning in protest at the ongoing ASTI strike.