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category kildare | education | news report author Wednesday December 02, 2009 17:26author by Donal Ó Fallúin - WSM/FEE NUIM Report this post to the editors

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'no ifs, no buts- no education cuts!'
'no ifs, no buts- no education cuts!'

Today, Wednesday the second of December, almost 300 NUI Maynooth students showed up to deliver a petition against the appointment of Bertie Ahern T.D as an Honorary Professor by the University.

Campaigners decided to call on those who had signed the 1,000+ petition to help deliver it, and the turnout surpassed all expectations.

Activists from Labour Youth, the Socialist Party, the WSM, Sinn Féin and others assisted with the petition, and todays huge delivery showed the feeling on the ground is obvious.

The campaign can only grow from here. The University continue to argue that Bertie Aherns contribution to the Northern Irish peace process renders him fitting for an Honorary Professorship. These are not merely 'guest lecture', this is awarding a man who played no small part in bringing down the Irish economy, and belongs to the same school of politics as Ray Burke and Charles Haughey.

It is not at all surprising that the University President was not present when we arrived at his office. The huge crowd, which included academic staff, demanded he accept it in person from the students, but in the end two representatives of the student demonstration were permitted to leave it in the office of his secretary.

If hundreds of students will show up merely to hand in a petition, how many will protest Berties physical presence here? This demonstration can not be ignored. Students and staff have made it perfectly clear they do not want Bertie Ahern awarded an Honorary Adjunct Professorship on our campus. Today, this was made perfectly clear. As the protestors chanted- 'No ifs, No buts- No education cuts!'

This is a grassroots campaign, seperate from the Student Union, which highlights the levels of anger amongest students with regards the massive education cutbacks our campus has seen as a result of bad government policy.

While Bertie Ahern remains a Fianna Fail TD, and while his political history remains a mystery, he will not be welcome on our campus. We extend solidarity to all education workers and students nationwide currently resisting massive and unjust cutbacks to education. Our campus is not a place for Fianna Fail photoshoots, it is an academic institution. Bertie Ahern being awarded an Honorary Adjunct Professorship would be an insult to all those who have been awarded such positions in the past from third level institutions.

The petition was delivered by a Free Education for Everyone activist, along with a member of Labour Youth on campus.

Campaign Homepage: www.free-education.info
Event Page For Petition Delivery: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=186345684162&...ef=mf

for information or reports on the day

email: feemaynooth@gmail.com

A section of the crowd on the march
A section of the crowd on the march

Caption: Video Id: YR6FUlHthCw Type: Youtube Video
Bertie Not Wanted In NUI Maynooth


 #   Title   Author   Date 
   Great turnout, thanks all     Gar    Wed Dec 02, 2009 17:45 
   honorary?     lulu    Wed Dec 02, 2009 18:21 
   Some more photos     DÓF.    Wed Dec 02, 2009 19:08 
   Sticking it to the man!     Orla McDonald    Wed Dec 02, 2009 21:08 
   Who's idea was it?     old codger    Thu Dec 03, 2009 11:11 
   Why cant Bertie give guest lectures without getting an honorary title?     Shooter Gavin    Thu Dec 03, 2009 14:25 
   On that front we'd agree     Donal ÓF - WSM/FEE (both pers cap)    Thu Dec 03, 2009 18:17 
   Bertie - the destroyer     From one who knows    Thu Dec 03, 2009 23:45 
   Is this true?     Shooter Gavin    Fri Dec 04, 2009 15:04 
 10   One who does know     Bertie the destroyer    Sat Dec 05, 2009 13:44 
 11   Berties contribution to the 'peace process' and other influence..     paul o toole    Sun Dec 06, 2009 10:18 
 12   The Great Irish Tradition of Jobs for the Boys......     RG    Wed Dec 16, 2009 19:08 
 13   Sorry, make that 'weeks before'     RG    Wed Dec 16, 2009 19:11 


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