Thousands of third level students walk out of lectures in Cork and across the country to highlight the high cost of attending college

Walk-outs were held at various locations at UCC and MTU at 11:11am.

Students say they have been priced out of private and purpose built student accommodation, while the UCC Students Union say they have been contacted by several students who have had to defer their course due to cost.

Hundreds of UCC students walked out of their lectures at Brookfield and the Western Gateway Building today.

These students told RedFM News why they joined the walk out:

Students at UCC’s Western Gateway Building walk out of their lectures to protest against the cost of attending Third Level. They’ve accused the Taoiseach and Tánaiste of living in “ivory towers” pic.twitter.com/dmzTGVwplI

— RedFM News (@RedFMNews) October 13, 2022