College Fees Scrapped

Redisle · 09-10-2009 11:54PM #1

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 · 09-10-2009 11:57PM

Good if it's true.

minidazzler · 09-10-2009 11:58PM

Damn. That sucks.

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

TheCardHolder · 10-10-2009 12:02AM

Where did you hear this?

Redisle · 10-10-2009 12:05AM

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 · 10-10-2009 12:06AM

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 · 10-10-2009 12:10AM

YES!!!

smk89 · 10-10-2009 12:22AM

oh my god!!! we won

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

Soby · 10-10-2009 12:24AM

Sweet:D

monaghanmissus · 10-10-2009 12:25AM

Nice one

dlofnep · 10-10-2009 12:27AM

Thank feck.

Mr Benevolent · 10-10-2009 12:27AM

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 · 10-10-2009 12:27AM

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

Joey the lips · 10-10-2009 12:29AM

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

K-9 · 10-10-2009 12:30AM

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

Keano · 10-10-2009 12:31AM

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 · 10-10-2009 12:33AM

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 · 10-10-2009 12:35AM

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 · 10-10-2009 12:36AM

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 · 10-10-2009 12:37AM

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 · 10-10-2009 12:37AM

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

kwyjibot · 10-10-2009 12:41AM

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 · 10-10-2009 12:43AM

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 · 10-10-2009 12:44AM

Great news, thank god..

Students still are wasters though.

ejmaztec · 10-10-2009 12:44AM

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 · 10-10-2009 12:47AM

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

Redisle · 10-10-2009 12:52AM

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 · 10-10-2009 01:13AM

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 · 10-10-2009 01:18AM

Thank fuck!!

grenache · 10-10-2009 01:22AM

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 · 10-10-2009 01:23AM

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??

College Fees Scrapped

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