Batman O’Keeffe brings back student fees
Education Minister Batt O’Keeffe has said that next year will see the re-introduction of third level student fees in the Republic. This morning’s Indo (front page) reveals the following: “Students who hope to avoid the payment by enrolling this September will not escape, as they will have to pay from 2010. The move will signal the end of the era of free college education which began with the abolition of tuition fees in the mid-1990s. The plan is likely to …