Government under fire for plan to reverse reduction in student fees which would hit households in Carlow and Kilkenny

Government’s coming under fire for its plan to reverse the reduction in student fees. 

Having been decreased by €1,000 last year as part of cost-of-living measures, it’s been reported that Higher Education Minister James Lawless aims to no longer continue that drop.

This decision’s proving unpopular with man, Labour describing it as a ‘major setback for college affordability’ and calling for the Minister to urgently reconsider.

The party’s Kilkenny councillor Seán Ó hArgáin has been reacting for KCLR News;