O’Keeffe told ‘no third-level fees’

FIANNA FÁIL’s rank and file have told Education Minister Batt O’Keeffe they do not want him to bring back third-level fees.

On Saturday delegates voted in favour of a motion calling on him to maintain the free fees initiative.

One delegate addressed the crowd and said, while a graduate tax could generate revenue for education, a flat fee would prohibit those from poorer backgrounds getting into third level.