Students gear up for city centre protest
Students will protest in the city later against potential cuts to the maintenance grant in the upcoming Budget. C.I.T students will leave the campus in Bishopstown at 12.15 while UCC students will set off at 1 o'clock and the march will finish at the Grand Parade. The Union of Students in Ireland says members are tired of being targeted in the budget and want their voices to be heard. Glenn Fitzpatrick, President of the DIT Students Unions. says just over half of all DIT students depend on some form of financial support to get through college: Press PLAY button above to listen to the audio
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