Lawless commits to 'make progress' on reducing student fees for this academic year

Siofra Foley, Jared Nadin, Dervla Ryan, and Orlagh O'Regan at the student protest against rising college fees on Tuesday evening. Picture: Sasko Lazarov/RollingNews.ie
The Government will make progress on cutting student contribution fees for this academic year, higher education minister James Lawless has said.
Mr Lawless said he intends to focus on introducing long-term solutions to provide certainty for students in the future.