NUI GALWAY STUDENTS SPEARHEAD EDUCATION LOBBY

Date Published: 26-Oct-2010

Further charges on third level students would condemn thousands out of education and into the social welfare offices or towards emigration.

That’s according to the NUI Galway students’ union who have launched a new website allowing people to lobby TDs online in advance of the budget.

The website www-dot-tell-your-td-dot-com went live over the bank holiday weekend and has already had over one thousand hits.

People can access the site, select their constituency office and forward a pre-scripted letter in their name to their local TDs.

President of NUI Galway students union Peter Mannion says many students and their families are already struggling to afford college life in Galway.