We will fight changes to fees system, warn protesting students

A SERIES of protests in Dublin by students from across the country yesterday warned the Government any change to the college fees system will not be taken lightly.

The Union of Students in Ireland has been seeking legal opinion on a number of points since Education Minister Noel Dempsey first announced his review of college fees last summer. As a Cabinet decision loomed closer this week, students occupied two Government departments and chained themselves to the railings of Leinster House.

“The Government is playing a political charade with students on this, and the Progressive Democrats have their own part in it,” said USI president Colm Jordan.