UCC president to meet students about fee plans

THE president of University College Cork (UCC) is due to meet students leaders today as opposition mounts against controversial plans to introduce a €65 graduation fee.

The meeting comes a day after UCC’s Young Fine Gael branch presented the university’s vice-president for External Relations, Eamon Sweeney, with thousands of student signatures calling for the charge to be scrapped.

Chairman of UCC’s YFG branch Robert O’Sullivan said they collected about 2,500 signatures as part of their on-campus Enough is Enough campaign.