Dublin South West TD, Seán Crowe, has described the high non-progression rates in some courses at third-level as extremely worrying and stated that it is clearly linked to continuous funding cuts in Ireland’s education system. The Sinn Féin TD was responding to new figures in the ‘Study of Progression in Irish Education’ published by the […]

Speaking after a leaked report outlined that the Government is proposing to introduce a student loan scheme for third level students, Dublin South West TD Seán Crowe, described the proposal as “a blundering mistake”. This leaked paper follows a commissioned report on Third Level funding, and Crowe has stated that saddling students with more debt is not a substitute […]