Students hit out at lack of support for motion to block "income-contingent" student loans
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"Take your €20,000 debt, your degree, and get out”.
That, according to the Union of Students in Ireland (USI), is the message being sent to Irish students by the Seanad’s failure today to support a motion calling for the rejection of an income-contingent student loan scheme.
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