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Students Strike again!!!

category national | miscellaneous | news report author Tuesday December 03, 2002 11:32author by John Clarkeauthor email jc_ie at yahoo dot com

Students from Maynooth,Trinty and memebers of the CFE in Ucd have occupied the junior finance minsters office in the department of finance. This action is in response to the lack of action by the goverment on student issues. The 3 demands are 1:A commitment not bring back in fees 2:A reversal of the 69% increase 3:An increase in grants The media has picked up the story and its all over. Latest word from inside the room is that the power has been cut off to the room and that the gardai special branch has arrived. They are in and secure.

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Students Strike again!!!
author by John Clarkepublication date Tue Dec 03, 2002 11:44author address author phone

I can confirm that the students are inside.
I've been talking to them and there are in high spirits!

Hope you brought some sheep!
author by Alanpublication date Tue Dec 03, 2002 11:44author address author phone

Since the Minister of State at the Department of Finance is none other than former IFA leader Tom Parlon you should have given him a taste of his own medicine, since the IFA not so long ago invaded the Dept. of Agriculture with a herd of live sheep! Far more exciting than a load of bolshie students (especially to a Junior Minister)!

Students removed?
author by Paul Kinsella - Variouspublication date Tue Dec 03, 2002 14:16author email paulkinsella53 at yahoo dot comauthor address 53 Lorcan Grove, Santry, Dublin 9 ,Eireauthor phone 087-9748511

Looks like the students have been forcibly removed from the Department of Finance by up to 15 Gardai according to the latest reports. Lets have a good show of students at the budget day demo in Dublin tomorrow.

All released
author by Finghin - CFE and SYpublication date Tue Dec 03, 2002 18:06author address author phone

There were 11 students in total. 7 CFE members from UCD, 3 from NUI Maynooth and one from TCD. All have been released without charge.

TV3 news
author by Davepublication date Wed Dec 04, 2002 11:31author address author phone

The occupation got some good coverege on TV3 news. I think that RTE didn't show it deliberatly. On the radio yesteray morning they had nothing, but 98fm, fm104, Newstalk had it.

TV3 also covered the Anti-Cuts demo, they showed Joe Higgins, Tony Gregory, and SY building for it on Grafton St yesterday morning.

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