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2010 Student Protest In Dublin
The 2010 student protest in Dublin was a Demonstration (people), demonstration that took place in the centre of the city on 4 November 2010 in opposition to a proposed increase in university registration fees, further cuts to the student maintenance grant and increasing graduate unemployment and emigration levels caused by the 28th Government of Ireland. Organized by the Union of Students in Ireland (USI) and students unions nationwide, it saw between 25,000 and 40,000 protesters on the streets of central Dublin during what ''The Irish Times'' described as "the largest student protest for a generation". The protestors came from all over Ireland – students from most third-level colleges featured, as did some protestors from Queen's University Belfast – with many travelling to the city by coach. It took more than an hour and a half for all the protestors to walk from Parnell Square to Government Buildings in Merrion Street, a short distance. Some protestors and gardaí engage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anti-austerity Protests In Ireland
The anti-austerity movement in Ireland saw major demonstrations from 2008 (the year of the Post-2008 Irish economic downturn, Irish economic downturn) to 2015. The protests began during October 2008 after the Fianna Fáil–Green Party (Ireland), Green Party coalition of the 30th Dáil oversaw the implementation of the bank guarantee, and were given further impetus by the late 2010 intervention of the European Union/European Central Bank/International Monetary Fund troika and the collapse of that government early the following year. Protests continued during the Fine Gael–Labour Party (Ireland), Labour coalition of the 31st Dáil. Background The post-2008 Irish economic downturn coincided with a Post-2008 Irish banking crisis, series of banking scandals, followed the 1990s and 2000s Celtic Tiger period of rapid real economic growth fuelled by foreign direct investment, a subsequent Irish property bubble, property bubble which rendered the real economy uncompetitive, and an e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
