Green Party Archives – The College View

DCU lecturer wins seat in 33rd Dáil

February 19, 2020

A DCU law and government lecturer has won a seat in the 33rd Dáil, after contesting the election in Dublin West as a member of the Green Party

Sinn Féin promise free education for all

February 5, 2020

Sinn Féin will make free education a reality if elected on February 8th according to their general election manifesto.

Social Democrats propose a rent freeze for 2020

February 5, 2020

The Social Democrats aim to provide equal access opportunity into third-level education for all socioeconomic backgrounds.

S-PBP proposes free transport, rent freeze and 100,000 council houses

February 5, 2020

Solidarity – People Before Profit’s (S-PBP) manifesto offers a wide array of promises from free public transport to a rent freeze and is one of the few that covers issues related to third-level education.

FG promise €500m investment in colleges across Ireland

February 5, 2020

Fine Gael have promised to invest €500 million in colleges and universities across the country, as part of an effort to upgrade facilities on campuses.

Labour want to increase education funding by €140m

February 5, 2020

A strategy to increase higher education funding has been proposed by the Labour Party, as well as plans to reduce the cost of both secondary and third-level education.

25,000 social housing tenants to be affected by rent increases

December 11, 2019

The city council plan to raise the rent costs by January 2020, after releasing a report that stated they are almost €33 million in debt as a result of unpaid rents.

Greens want a leap to free student transport

October 16, 2019

The Green Party ask the Government to make public transport free for all students in their 2020 Budget

People Before Profit and others protest for a ban on oil and gas drilling

April 3, 2019

People before Profit and five other groups hosted the Pass the Climate Emergency Measures Bill Protest outside Leinster House before it returned to the Dáil last Tuesday.

Government cut funding for third-level education by €15 million

April 3, 2019

The government used money gained from businesses to cut its own funding to third-level education by €15 million.

Canadian cannabis legalised

October 17, 2018

Canada decriminalised the use of marijuana on October 17, making it the second country to do so after Uruguay.