5,000 march in colourful student protest

MORE than 5,000 students took to the streets yesterday to hammer home their bitter opposition to the reintroduction of third-level fees.

In an unprecedented show of strength and solidarity, students from all over Munster marched through Cork city centre vowing to “unite and fight” against any attempt by the Government and Education Minister Batt O’Keeffe to reintroduce fees or double registration fees.

The city came to a standstill as the protesters made their noisy way through the streets carrying banners, blowing whistles, banging drums and roaring, “No way, we won’t pay.”