“A proposed increase in third-level fees to more than €4,000 a year would deter people from poorer backgrounds from attending college, critics have said. Responding to the recommended increase in a draft report on tuition fees, the Anti-Austerity Alliance (AAA) said the move would represent an ‘attack on the right to education’ and open the door to further hikes …” (more)
[Mark Hilliard, Irish Times, 28 May]