Trinity students stage sit-in over new €450 fee for repeating exams

At least €800,000 will have to be saved somewhere else if €450 repeat exam fees are not introduced, protesting students at Trinity College Dublin have been told.

Dozens of students occupied the university dining hall yesterday morning and were still inside last night as they escalated protests that began last week.

The main issue concerns TCD’s decision to introduce a €450 fee for repeating exams from 2019, which could affect around 1,700 out of 12,000 undergraduates.