A council call for more to be done to help struggling students has descended into a row over Brexit and the DUP’s Stormont boycott.
The cost of living debate, at Newry, Mourne and Down District Council’s Donwpatrick headquarters, saw councillors clash over who and what is to blame for ongoing hardships faced by students. The debate did end, however, with a call for Northern Ireland’s two universities to do more to help their students.
Mournes Sinn Féin councillor Michael Rice, currently studying for a master’s in law at Queen’s University, put forward the original motion.
