“Families will have to wait until after the local and European elections to find out how the Government will charge for third-level education. Education Minister Batt O’Keeffe said he would be putting the options to his Cabinet colleagues in about two weeks time but a final decision will take several weeks at least – pushing beyond the June 5 date for the elections. Mr O’Keeffe said that he was asked by the Cabinet to prepare a paper which was now finalised. He has already signalled the end of free third-level education from September 2010 …” (more)
[Katherine Donnelly and John Walshe, Independent, 15 April]