NUIG STUDENTS UNION REFUSES TO CANCEL COLLEGE WEEK

Date Published: 02-Mar-2011

The Students’ Union at NUIGalway says it doesn’t believe abandoning ‘College Week’ entirely will prevent students from participating in anti-social behaviour.

President of the Union, Peter Mannion says, there is a bigger issue of alcoholism, which needs to be addressed.

President of NUIG, Professor Jim Browne is calling on the Students’ Union to completely abandon ‘College Week’, which was previously called ‘Rag Week’.

It follows another night of disturbances in the city by some students.

In one incident, the fire brigade had to be given a Garda escort into the Gort na Coiribe estate on the Headford Road to put out a bonfire, which was surrounded by dozens of students