STUDENTS TO PROTEST DURING MINISTER'S VISIT TO NUIG

Date Published: 09-Dec-2008

Galway college students will protest at NUIGalway at 7 o' clock this evening, when Education Minister Batt O' Keefe visits the campus.The Students' Union at the college is staging the protest over education cuts proposed in the Budget and the possibility of re-introducing third level fees.The Minister is due to announce that work will begin on a new 50 million euro engineering unit at the college early next year.Students' Union President, Muireann O' Dwyer told Galway Bay Fm News that the Minister's visit rubs salt in the wounds of students.