Third-level Mayo students set to join lectures walk-out protest

At 11.11 a.m. next Thursday, students from Mayo will join others from throughout the country in walking out of their lectures.

Supporting them, Mayo TD Rose Conway Walsh said they have a list of well-justified demands, including adequate funding for the sector to address a legacy of chronic underfunding, reform of Student Universal Support Ireland, SUSI, and a living wage including decent pay for PhD researchers who are denied worker status.

She stated: "Three of their demands centre around the crisis in student accommodation, yet this year's budget is the third consecutive budget from the government with no allocation for student accommodation.

"Students have had to defer their courses, sleep in cars and travel long distances.

"Will the government look again at student accommodation and stop avoiding the inevitability of investing in such accommodation? Will it listen to these students?"

The Erris-based TD is awaiting a response.