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category galway | education | feature author Wednesday February 04, 2009 21:17author by FEE - Galway - Free Education for Everyoneauthor email feegalway at gmail dot com Report this post to the editors

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Statement about protest held in NUIG on 2nd Feb at FF TD Bertie Ahern's visit.

Bertie Ahern was due to speak at the Literary and Debating society of NUI Galway tonight. The event was cancelled due to student protest and scuffles with the Gardaí.

Free Education for Everyone (FEE) called a protest against Ahern’s visit, applying the slogan ‘they’re trying to block our access to college so we’ll block theirs’. Although Ahern is no longer Taoiseach he remains a Fianna Fáil TD. The students were protesting the proposal of third level fees, the registration fee hike, and the general education cuts being introduced by the Fianna Fáil/ Green government. It is on this basis that FEE attempted to block Ahern’s access to the campus.

About 50 students staged a sit down protest at the University Road entrance. Without provocation Gardaí launched themselves at the protesters. Instead of simply pulling students out of the way the Gardaí engaged in heavy-handed tactics – flinging students away and dragging them by the hair in a totally uncalled for manner.

Seeing this, Ahern’s car turned around and came in by another entrance. Although not originally planned, students – angered by Garda tactics – became intent on completely blocking Ahern’s access to the college. This involved students standing in front of doors and being shoved out of the way. But at no point did protesters take violent action against the Gardaí.

When Ahern arrived at the speaking venue students gathered in front of the lecture theatre door and were forced into a tight corner by numbers of Gardaí. Even students not involved in the protest were included in this crush . The event was called off at this point.

After the crowd dispersed one protester was arrested and later charged for using insulting words and obstructing Gardaí. The protester was released later that night.

FEE accepts that the protest did not go as planned, but sticks by the initial attempt and reasons behind blocking Ahern from coming onto campus. It was the actions of the Gardaí that drove students to bring the protest indoors.

FEE is committed to building a mass movement of students against fees and education cuts across all levels, believing the best way to defeat fees and cuts is by active protest involving all students. To this end, FEE is involved in building for the USI national march against fees being held in Dublin this Wednesday.

Related Link: http://www.free-education.info

 #   Title   Author   Date 
   I was there..     Missy    Tue Feb 03, 2009 05:34 
   What happened     Me    Tue Feb 03, 2009 09:09 
   agree with first poster     Metoo    Tue Feb 03, 2009 10:28 
   FEE blocks Bertie Ahern from attending public interview in NUIG     Mike Anti    Tue Feb 03, 2009 11:07 
   Student paper version     Capairi    Tue Feb 03, 2009 12:19 
   At last...     sudo    Tue Feb 03, 2009 12:43 
   Footage     Séamus    Tue Feb 03, 2009 12:46 
   .....     Conor    Tue Feb 03, 2009 13:30 
   RYSM Statment     @    Tue Feb 03, 2009 13:43 
 10   violence in the concourse     Witness    Tue Feb 03, 2009 16:26 
 11   SIN and others missing big picture once again     ex-student    Tue Feb 03, 2009 17:07 
 12   No Free Fees for Middle Class     Con    Tue Feb 03, 2009 17:38 
 13   Ógra Shinn Féin activist arrested in Galway protesting against Student Fees     Educate to be Free    Tue Feb 03, 2009 19:23 
 14   Legend     Vigilante Rebel    Wed Feb 04, 2009 00:16 
 15   law     w.tone    Wed Feb 04, 2009 00:23 
 16   Serves him right!     BertieBowel    Wed Feb 04, 2009 05:09 
 17   Fair play to you, FEE     Fred Johnston    Wed Feb 04, 2009 12:12 
 18   Rethink free fees     slowhand    Wed Feb 04, 2009 23:19 
 19   Compliments to you all.     Arm-a-Gedden    Thu Feb 05, 2009 00:17 
 20   true that     puca    Thu Feb 05, 2009 01:47 
 21   Solidarity     Joseph Loughnane    Thu Feb 05, 2009 04:27 
 22   Well Done!     Brian    Thu Feb 05, 2009 09:09 
 23   No Free Fees for Middle Class?     Con2    Thu Feb 05, 2009 11:26 
 24   What can Irish students do? Follow examples from Greece, Spain, New York, Italy......Occupy + Resist     dunk    Thu Feb 05, 2009 13:08 
 25   plenty of money     che_jesus    Fri Feb 06, 2009 12:31 
 26   Jim - "Another world is not only possible, its neccessary!"     dunk    Fri Feb 06, 2009 13:36 


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