UL Students Will Be Strongly Penalised Under College Disciplinary Procedures After The Scenes In College Court Last Night
Spin spoke to the President of the Post-grad union, Andrea La Touche from UL this morning who commented on the incident that happened.
Andrea saw a video on Twitter last night of the scene in College Court and assumed it was old footage and decided to drive out, where she spoke with Gardaí.
All these fine people who go home in 2 weeks time to kiss and hug their Mammys and Nannies on Mother's Day 🥰 #Limerick #UL #CollegeCourt pic.twitter.com/K2jhAv7ZnI
— ♡ Clodagh (@clodaghmac) March 2, 2021
The representative went on to say "We have already allocated 310 extra hours of policing from Gardaí which was introduced last week, we thought this would prevent this type of behaviour however, the students did not care and flouted the rules regardless, it is extremely disappointing"
UL has established a covid academic planning group throughout the pandemic and they will meet today to discuss last nights antics.
Furthermore, Kerstin Mey made an announcement on Twitter that students will be penalised under the college disciplinary procedures.
UL will take action with strong disciplinary measures against any student who has been found to have breached public health guidelines.
Students at UL are subject to a Code of Conduct.
— Professor Kerstin Mey (@ULPresident) March 2, 2021
Kerstin Mey released a video urging students to not mix with other households on February 20th as there had been positive cases on campus.
The Justice Minister says the scenes witnessed in Limerick last night can't be repeated.
It's after Gardaí in Castletroy arrested three men and issued thirty fines following a large gathering in College Court.
A significant number of Gardaí arrived at the student housing estate beside the University campus, at quarter past seven where dozens of people were dancing and drinking on the street.
Two men in their twenties were arrested under Public Order Offences while a third was arrested under the Misuse of Drugs Legislation.
