CHATTERBOX:Tweeting the protest: how Twitter tracked last week's student protest
THE BUILD UP
Get out, be seen, be heard. Fight for access based on the ability to learn, not the how much you earn – @rachelbarry
Undecided whether or not to go to the protest today to stopfees and savethegrant ! Its a good cause but its raining – Aoifeob125
Boyd Barrett going nuts in the Dáil re: stopfees – @stobserver
Huge Garda presence around the Dail atm!! – @Aisling_H
I suspect at no other time in the history of the student movement would “will there be time to go to Hollister?” have been asked. – @SammyJRyan
AS IT HAPPENED
Here we go! Students assembled, journalists debriefing, rain drizzling. – @Jack_leahy
Stop fees save grants, we can’t afford new pants! – @NiallHarty
Trinity protestors marching up Westmoreland St – @universitytimes
A chant of “Careful now! Down with that sorta thing” was just heard. – @langobrien
Someone with a massive loudspeaker in a passing car is playing the Horslips, Trouble With a Capital T. Coincidence or not? – @GBeecham
FEE were removed from a room on the third floor of the Trinity Arts Block – @DonieSullivan
Am I the only student who highly disagrees with the protest? Not introducing fees is UNREALISTIC. USI should be compromising. – @kimboslice123
Shinners students lurking, waiting to pounce in at front of march. – @diylan
Ministerial promises to bankers are legally binding for ever regardless of cost. Promises to students are binding for never. – @borukiller
USI formed line with Gardai 2 prevent FEE rejoining demo after breakway protest @ FG HQ – @GerryCasey
Lefty protesters OccupyDameSt were PHYSICALLY prevented from protesting today. That is f*cked up. Who decided this?? – @WeAreRagbags
Gardai and members of SUs blocking #FEE from coming into the main crowd around speech time was completely bizarre – @daveryanIV
We cannot allow a return to the days when only the wealthy could access 3rd level education. Proud to protest against fees! – @Beaniebella
Maybe the colleges could lower fees themselves by spending less money on the vast amount of unnecessary crap we get at college – @Rory_J_Sweeney
Students want to keep the drink grant...if they can...then feck every other part of society...big diff from the 70’s radicals – @gazzahead
How awesome are we? Go on the red army of students :-) – @xXPurplePixiiXx
Wearing yellow in a sea of red was a master stroke on my part! I can see myself in every photo! – @David_Healy
AFTERMATH AND THE CAMP OUT
Great turn out today for save the grant #stopfees – well done to all that traveled. Was there an official head-count? I heard 30,000!!! – @jonothegreat
Proud of everyone marching today of those man enough to sleep out tonight. So glad our cause didn’t get lost in riotsmess. – @bro575
Lots of sleepy heads on the bus back from the #usiprotest – UCCSUEducation
Just starting to pitch tents at the sleep out – @Breffnig
Vincent Browne just arrived at usiprotest sleep-out apparently. – @iadt_mjsa
About 70 students are taking part in the camp out stopfees – support the lads! – @allroundchancer
Jaysus, #irish students I always was + am today fully behind ye. If it wasn’t raining I’d b sleeping out – @BertieAherring
