“The future taoiseach could be standing here now and he’s not going to get his degree, why is that? It’s because they made mistakes, not us.”
– Michéal Murphy, from Wexford, attending Dublin Institute of Technology
“I wanted to show support for Irish students. In most places in Germany we have €500 fees and in some places no fees at all because it is part of our constitution and is seen as a human right for free education.”
– Hanna Schubert, from Germany, attending NUI Galway
“I can understand why they need to make some cuts, but education is a stupid one. If we don’t have an educated population we’re not going to be able to get employed.”
– Anne Kelly, from Dublin, a mature student attending Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology
“My brother is on the dole and my mother is self-employed, she is shutting down her business in three or four weeks’ time, she can’t afford to keep going.
If fees come in, I'm on a grant; I won't be able to afford college next year, that's the bottom line." – David Sheehan from Limerick, attending NUI Galway
“The higher class don’t care about the middle class. My mum and dad are helping out the builders now, and they [the builders] never helped us out when they were making all the money.
We can’t afford the education.”
– Jessica Murphy from Kerry, attending St Patricks in Drumcondra