Letters to the Editor: Students got their message across very successfully
Union of Students in Ireland members Beth O'Reilly (left) and Megan O'Connor in tents outside Leinster House, Dublin, last month, to take part in a “No keys, no degrees” protest and sleep out against a lack of accommodation for students. Picture: Brian Lawless/PA
I refer to Elaine Loughlin’s mooting over students’ protests — Elaine Loughlin: Have students lost their voices? (Irish Examiner September 28).
While nothing would make me happier than to see thousands of students take to the streets again, I think we have to commend the Union of Students in Ireland (USI) for a really successful day of action recently — which highlighted the extent to which the shortage of student accommodation has become an academic and societal catastrophe.
