Shane Ross: Simon Harris May Live to Regret Hounding His Fianna Fáil Colleagues over College Fees and Housing

Shane Ross: Simon Harris may live to regret hounding his Fianna Fáil colleagues over college fees and housing

Last Sunday morning, James Lawless was probably the least widely recognised face in the Cabinet. This Sunday, he must be wishing he was back in the ministerial twilight zone. The Further and Higher Education Minister — a cabinet backwater if ever there was one — walked into a haymaker when he decided to break out of obscurity and give an interview to RTÉ’s This Week programme.

Lawless accuses Sinn Féin of 'misleading' public over student fees in letter to party's TD

Lawless has come under fire after he indicated that student fees would not be cut from €3,000 to €2,000 in the upcoming academic year.

Lawless accused of shirking college fee responsibility in 'rant' to Sinn Fein

Arguments over third-level fees dominated political discourse this week following Minister Lawless’ interview on RTÉ in which he suggested that “as things stand”, college fees will revert to €3,000 a year from September due to the absence of a cost of living package.