Protest Against 3rd Level Fees - Dublin February 4th 2009. Garden of Remembrance onwards...

The Protest Against 3rd Level Fees in Dublin February 4th 2009. I ran into it whilst out at lunch. Filmed a little (only a little) on the phone. Dawson and Nassau, then Merrion Square. Gardaí were on their horses - I was on my little folding bike.

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• Febriary
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[Elin48]

What does 3rd level mean? Is this the term for college / university education?

These fees, it's all about globalization and the privatization of everything, which of course I am against.

[thebettyfordclinic]

third level in Ireland is indeed college/university.

[OBAMAisHalfCaste]

mad hour.

[testekicker]

these cocksucking students need to cowboy-the-fuck-up and pay for their education. i'm not in the game of paying taxes so these fuckers can elevate themselves into or stay in the middle class via my sweat. so if you're an irish student reading this heres my advise: get a fucking job and then buy yourself a big cup of SHUT-THE-FUCK-UP at O'Briens, you cunt!

[SRArepublican3]

well hopefully ass hole students "will" have to pay for their tuition fees and that way they wont take it for granted,no more getting pist on weekdays when youv got class in the morning-faggots!!

[JaykSRFC]

true who needs them :)

[wolstan]

students are all layabouts

[daver360]

There is already a fool-proof way to get the Irish government to pay for your college tuition: Fail at life. Do absolutely nothing while mooching off the dole for an extended period. After that, the government will reward your long period of inactivity and complete lack of contribution by paying your college tuition for you. Seriously, that's how it works.

The idea in Ireland is to fail at everything. Be as useless as you can be, and the government will give you everything you need.

[Elin48]

At UC Berkeley, (California) however, students spend an estimated $23,232 annually on tuition, mandatory health insurance, room and board, books and supplies, personal expenses, and transportation. This amount, which nears the cost for most private universities, has increased $1,694 from last year.

[Elin48]

A very important protest this introduction of fees...if not it becomes as in the United States...the death of the middle class.

Somehow and without much remembered protest...fees, larger and larger crept into our college educations.

I am still paying down the college loan for my daughter's first year of college, while currently she is in a community college where the costs are less. Soon again she will apply to UC Berkeley (a public college)....