College Fees Scrapped

Redisle

According to RTE news just now the government have scrapped the reintroduciton of fees. Nothing up on the news sites yet (It was a "just coming in now" piece)

Great news for all really.

Shryke

Good if it's true.

minidazzler

Damn. That sucks.

I will still have to pay for what I wanna do:(

TheCardHolder

Where did you hear this?

Redisle

TheCardHolder wrote: »

Where did you hear this?

At the very end of the news a few minutes ago, on tv..
Came in through her earpiece and she announced it straight away. I guess we won't know for sure until the morning but don't see how they could make a mistake with that.. there were a few other things mentioned too, like they won't be unfreezing the grant and another few things.

jumpguy

If this is true I'm delighted. I'll go to college/uni for free, the country will be left broke, but I'll be heading the fúck outta here once I get my degree.

Niiice...

K4t

YES!!!

smk89

oh my god!!! we won

what do we do now?
we live our lives and spend the fee money on alcohol

Soby

Sweet:D

monaghanmissus

Nice one

dlofnep

Thank feck.

Mr Benevolent

There's no mention of it anywhere on the RTE site, the OP is probably a journalist for the Irish Sun. I doubt it's true, it'd be insane to continue like that.

johnmct77

Thanks 2 be jebus!! Is this because we voted yes?! Lol

Joey the lips

Dont worry they will get it in the budget when they put up bear and ciggerates and Koka noodles! Students!

K-9

So that's €400/500 extra on the Registration fee then. Nice one.

Keano

I got my 4 years for free, I don't care about the rest of you folk :P

Only kidding - hope it is true but what takes it place...

ejmaztec

Keano A Legend wrote: »

I got my 4 years for free, I don't care about the rest of you folk :P

Only kidding - hope it is true but what takes it place...

Very bad degrees that cost €10 on the internet.

Keano

ejmaztec wrote: »

Very bad degrees that cost €10 on the internet.

I'll have to get one of them

What I was referring to was that if they are not reintroducing college fees then some other area of society is going to feel the pain now

Bluehair

Confab wrote: »

There's no mention of it anywhere on the RTE site, the OP is probably a journalist for the Irish Sun. I doubt it's true, it'd be insane to continue like that.

It was only confirmed within the last hour so no doubt it will be made more official in the morning.

smk89

Keano A Legend wrote: »

then some other area of society is going to feel the pain now

Oh woe betide if bankers are punished

Sea Sharp

It just means more job competition for us graduates 4 years down the line. :cool:

kwyjibot

It sounds like good news at first, but I'd expect registration and exam fees to keep shooting up while grants go the other way - the money has to come from somewhere in the end.

OPENROAD

kwyjibot wrote: »

It sounds like good news at first, but I'd expect registration and exam fees to keep shooting up while grants go the other way - the money has to come from somewhere in the end.

+1


And the country has none at the moment so it will definitely see cuts elsewhere.

Jet Black

Great news, thank god..










Students still are wasters though.

ejmaztec

I'm assuming that it's part of the snot-nosed Green's blackmail package that their party will have to agree to later today, so that that they can lengthen their first and last time in government.

loveissucide

I can't find anything online confirming this glorious rumour.

Redisle

Think it's pretty much part of this package --
http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1009/politics2.html

Which says

"The Green party leader said 'we hope to present full details of the revised programme to our Green Party members and to the Irish people tomorrow morning.'"

I guess someone just leaked part of this to RTE news just before it finished up earlier..

samf

This seems to be true!!

http://www.examiner.ie/home/college-fees-set-to-be-parked-in-deal-103043.html

- A commitment to "park" the reintroduction of third-level fees. Although the various proposals for a "student contribution scheme" won’t be abandoned completely, they will be "kicked to touch" to a strategy group for consideration – and won’t be introduced during the lifetime of the Government.

donmeister

Thank fuck!!

grenache

jumpguy wrote: »

If this is true I'm delighted. I'll go to college/uni for free,

You still have to pay E1650 registration and capitation fees.

nibtrix

Joey the lips wrote: »

Dont worry they will get it in the budget when they put up bear and ciggerates and Koka noodles! Students!

Let the bears pay the bear tax!

sugarman wrote: »

Brilliant news, hope its true. Means i'll actually be able to go on and do amy Honours degree now... if i want to:P whoopah!

Because instead of spending your money on fees you can spend it on something nice for Amy??

samf

grenache wrote: »

You still have to pay E1650 registration and capitation fees.

Not if you get the grant, then its just the capitation which is about 150 I think. This is a massive victory for the students of ireland.

K-9

samf wrote: »

Not if you get the grant, then its just the capitation which is about 150 I think. This is a massive victory for the students of ireland.

Ah great, the registration fee will be jumped to over €2k then. Great. Another middle class tax.

samf

6000 for college still sure as hell beats 20,000!

K-9

samf wrote: »

6000 for college still sure as hell beats 20,000!

YEP, no argument there.

Problem is they replaced one inequality with another when they introduced free fees.

Michael O'Leary pays the same 6k as a Nurse sending their son/daughter to 3rd Level. Somebody explain that one?

smellslikeshoes

Can't see them going back on this decision being anything other than trying to keep voters happy. Don't get me wrong, I'm against College fees I just think this is more of a strategic move than a decision to try benefit the country.

minidazzler

K-9 wrote: »

YEP, no argument there.

Problem is they replaced one inequality with another when they introduced free fees.

Michael O'Leary pays the same 6k as a Nurse sending their son/daughter to 3rd Level. Somebody explain that one?

We is kinda communist like that!!

K-Ren

Aww, I was kind of looking forward to protesting, guess I'll have to wait a bit longer to feel all empowered and outraged.

DenMan

Time to tell some friends of mine.

Great news.

KerranJast

samf wrote: »

Not if you get the grant, then its just the capitation which is about 150 I think. This is a massive victory for the students of ireland.

Is it ****. The Greens just managed to get something to pander to their middle class base who can now continue to spend that money on private schooling for their kids. In any case the new PfG has to be passed tomorrow which is no mean feat.

themont85

samf wrote: »

Not if you get the grant, then its just the capitation which is about 150 I think. This is a massive victory for the students of ireland.

90% of the students of Ireland gave up on fees issue months ago. Only need to read the papers and see at max a couple of hundred students protesting to see that people thought it would be back, one reason they didn't care is that they found out that current students wouldn't pay.

Massive bonus for parents with kids 16/17. I would love to see the smug face of Hugh Brady slowely ebb away as he realises that his university ranking won't rise so much now that funding is pretty much frozen.

There isn't enough alumni who donate to their old college here, that is a tradition I like about the States.

hopalong85

K-9 wrote: »

Ah great, the registration fee will be jumped to over €2k then. Great. Another middle class tax.

Yep, pretty much. Sad really.

lostexpectation

this was going to ages to set up anyway, more then 6 months perhaps

BurnsCarpenter

K-9 wrote: »

Problem is they replaced one inequality with another when they introduced free fees.

Michael O'Leary pays the same 6k as a Nurse sending their son/daughter to 3rd Level. Somebody explain that one?

Michael O'Leary has paid a hell of a lot more tax than this Nurse.

Ste.phen

BurnsCarpenter wrote: »

Michael O'Leary has paid a hell of a lot more tax than this Nurse.

And supplied employment and tourists to the country, but that's not important is it? the important thing is that rich people be vilified

Mark200

As a student I think some sort of student loan scheme should have been brought in.... where the Government pay for your fees now and then if you're ever on a modest salary in the future then you pay it back.

Or apparently in England you only have to pay it back if that modest salary is related to the college course you took.

Some people will just protest for the sake of protesting.

loobylou

Let me get this right then, there are no fees, there will be no fees and we must go down on our hands and knees thanking the Green Party and FF for this?

timmywex

A few days ago the green party decided that they were opposed to the re introdution thanks to lobbying by the studnts unions.

For the lat few months, students unions have been meeting anyone they can and lobbying and getting on to them. I know for fact the tcd union did a huge amount of work for it. It looks they could well win the battle, thats if the thing is voted in of course....

Mossy Monk

Dont the Green party have to vote on this before it is official?

entropi

Pretty sweet news if it goes ahead!!:D:D

DoireNod

Mask wrote: »

Great news, thank god..










Students still are wasters though.

Students are wasters. I mean, it's all well and good enjoying the new found 'freedom' that life away from home permits, but there's a difference between enjoyment and idiocy, surely?

I'm all for the free fees, but I think more stringent criteria has to be brought in for people seeking access to further education. The amount of fools at university is shocking and these people, riding on the free fees scheme and the reasonably easily attained entry requirements are de-valuing my degree!