Published: 16 August 2011

College fees to return and student registration to rise

FAMILIES face the prospect of third-level fees without any government loan deal to soften the blow. Education Minister Ruairi Quinn has firmly ruled out a previously mooted scheme where graduates would repay the State for their college education.

It narrows the options for funding the extra €500m a year experts say the system will need by 2020 -- meaning the return of fees is the only realistic outcome.

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