Students occupy UCC president's wing to protest fee increases

A group of University College Cork (UCC) students protesting on-campus over an incoming increase in the university’s capitation fee have occupied the president’s wing this afternoon.

Update 5.56pm: Students protesting an increase to the capitation fee at University College Cork (UCC), which is set to more than double by 2023 for incoming students, staged a sit-in at the president’s wing of the university.

Currently set at €170 per academic year, the annual fee is due to increase to €250 for incoming first years in September, continuing to increase until it reaches €370 in 2023.