Minister for Higher Education James Lawless said once-off cuts of €1,000 to third-level tuition fees were 'unsustainable'. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw

Minister for Higher Education James Lawless has said he was operating within the “context of a shrinking budgetary pool” in reducing third-level fees by €500, which students have criticised as an “effective increase”.

Speaking on Wednesday morning at Government Buildings, the Minister said it was the first permanent cu

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