“Trinity College Dublin has told students they may leave lectures and tutorials for several hours to attend a national protest around higher education funding without suffering any ‘negative consequences’. Thousands of third-level students across Ireland are set to walk out of lectures on Thursday morning from 11.30am to 3pm as part of a national protest organised by the Union of Students in Ireland (USI) and local students’ unions …” (more)
[Carl O’Brien, Irish Times, 17 October]