In pics: Third-level students march in free fees protest

Gorillas, Pinocchio and dogs make an appearance at a colourful – but angry – protest against any potential reintroduction of fees.

REMEMBER LAST YEAR’S student protests against the then government’s proposal to increase third-level registration fees?

Today’s student march against any potential reintroduction of third-level education fees passed off peacefully but the sheer numbers paralysed the city centre for the time it took to pass from O’Connell Street to the Department of Education on Molesworth Street. Some students plan to camp outside there for the night. This was the scene today…

No fees = pants
1/24
Image: Brian Fallon
Ruairi Quinn = heartbreaker
2/24
Image: Mary Immaculate College students/David Cuddihy
Safe... education
3/24
Image: Mary Immaculate College students/David Cuddihy
Mature student?
4/24
Image: Ógra Fianna Fáil/Ger Fogarty
Boxed in
5/24
Image: Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland
Carlow IT says No.
6/24
Image: Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland
Was it for this...
7/24
Image: Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland
Who nose what will happen?
8/24
Image: Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland
A dog's life
9/24
Image: Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland
Bananas
10/24
Image: Mark Stedman / Photocall Ireland
Education, not emigration
11/24
Image: Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland
On O'Connell Street Bridge
12/24
Image: Sam Boal/Photocall Ireland
The march
13/24
Image: Sam Boal/Photocall Ireland
Story, Rory?
14/24
Image: Eamonn Farrell/Photocall Ireland
Gan dabht
15/24
Image: Eamonn Farrell/Photocall Ireland
Dole que
16/24
Image: Eamonn Farrell/Photocall Ireland
Lying game
17/24
Image: Eamonn Farrell/Photocall Ireland
Limerick IT says No.
18/24
Image: Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland
Angry bird
19/24
Image: Clare Louise Cullen/@ElectricHack
On the move
20/24
Image: Jonathan Horgan/@jonothegreat
Early gathering
21/24
Image: @langobrien/Twitter
Recovery RIP
22/24
Image: Leanna Byrne/@tough101
Where's Wally? Not in college...
23/24
Image: Leanna Byrne/@tough101
Goverment (sic)
24/24
Image: @CiaranLyng

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Jun 8th 2019, 11:11 AM

Is that what it’s going to look like?

Does that not look like a broken climbing frame?

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