NUI GALWAY STUDENTS’ UNION’S OUTGOING PRESIDENT PETER MANNION HAS SAID THAT BANNING THE UNIVERSITY’S COLLEGE WEEK WILL “NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEMS” ASSOCIATED WITH THE EVENT.
“STUDENTS”, HE SAID, “ARE JUST PART OF A WIDER PROBLEM REGARDING ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION IN IRISH SOCIETY”.
ADDING THAT “GALWAY PROBABLY HAD FAR MORE ARRESTS DURING ST PATRICK’S DAY, THAN DURING COLLEGE WEEK, AND YET NO ONE IS CALLING ON THE BISHOP TO BAN ST PATRICK’S DAY”.
MR MANNION WAS COMMENTING YESTERDAY AS THE STUDENTS’ UNION PRESENTED TWO “GIANT” CHEQUES FOR €11,000 EACH TO TWO CHARITIES.
