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DUKE LANE off Gr’~on Street Thursday, 29th January, 1970
DUBLIN UNIVERSITY UNDERGRADUATE WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
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T.C.D. STUDENTS TERRORISED IN RANELAGH BY A "TRINITY NEWS" REPORTER Students attending a party in Ranelagh early last Sunday morning were attacked, terrorised and beaten up by hooligans. After an hour =~ of fighting and bottle-throwing, the students, including some from Trinity, were rescued by the arrival of Garda Detective-Sergeant "Lugs" Brannigan and his special "smash squad." Two students were i knocked unconscious and two others had to receive hospital attention. Early on the previous morning three students were beaten-up by hooligans just outside the Front Gate of College. The Simon Community was about to sell their hearse for only £40, but instead had it exchanged for a van-The party, attended by students It is understood that charges are much more serviceable and less morbid. Margaret Hickey and Merrily Harpur (in background) are here from Trinity, U.C.D. and Bokon being made in connection with the pictured with their unusual service vehicle, which had been donated to Simon by a sympathetic admirer Street, was interrupted as about incident and the students may five youths tried to forcibly gain have to vacate the house. Despite of their work with the down-and-outs in Dublin. The Community, however, found it too expensive to tax entrance. A girl was hit and soon the seriousness with which the and run, but when they asked their benefactor if he minded it being sold, he took it back and gave them a after the attack was repulsed a students present viewed the fightvan instead. U.C.D. architectural student was ing, Sergeant Brannigan, t h e found unconscious and bleeding almost legendary, many-scarred, on the ground near the house. In veteran of gang warefare in fighting off another attack the Dublin, later said at the hospital students came under fire from that he thought it had been a quiet bottles and other missiles. Two night. windows in the house were broken. "Spy Drama at Trinity" so ran the "Irish Press" headline on Friday morning after the fiasco at the Phll In the other incident, three By this stage the students had Trinity stuctents were beaten-up the previous evening. Bourke and Cookridge arrived, but the much-awaited confrontation between Bourke begun to lose control of the situ- between the railings and the Front and Greville Wynne, which had attracted a large crowd into the G.M.B., did not materialise. Wynne, having ation and, mindful of the threat Gate during the early hours of last arrived at the front gates of College, then refused to appear on the same platform as a man who was wanted to the female guests at the party, Saturday morning. The students the Gardai were sent for. Before were returning from a dance when by the British police in connection with the " springing of Blake." This non-event delighted the arrived in Dublin with £9,000 they arrived, however, four they were attacked by about six national press and most of them worth of their produce. They students were set upon by youths youths. armed with frying pans, belts and One of the students was beaten carried it as one of their main claimed that they had not metal bars. One Trinity student to the ground but, although a large stories on the front page. However, previously been informed that was hit on the head and kicked crowd gathered to watch nobody in- while the papers were rubbing Sean Bourke would also be by middle-aged, shouting women formed the nearby Pearse Street their hands with glee, the large appearing and that had they while he lay on the ground dazed. Gardai. One of the attackers hit attendance of students were being known earlier they would not Coming to assist, two other another over the head with a bottle treated to an evening of anti- have come at all. They stayed the The Hist’s bicentennial celebranight at the Gresham, kept busy students sustained facial and hand and they left carrying him away climax. Mr. Wynne and Mr. Lee Tracy, answering the phone calls from the tion will open on Tuesday, 3rd injuries from karate chops and a from the scene. The porter on duty metal bar. arrived too late to call assistance his associate in a business which newspapers, a n d returned to March, with the formal opening at which Senator Edward Kennedy manufactures bugging devices, had London the next day. The fighting continued even for the students. will give an address. after the arrival of the Gardai in The meeting itself was rather the Wednesday, there will two squad cars, but eventually the dull in comparison to events taking be On a debate which Prof. Andreas attackers disappeared into the place outside College. Miss Susan Papandreou,inMr. Quintin Hogg, nearby Mount Pleasant Buildings, McManus read a lengthy and ex- M.P., Tory spokesman of Home a Corporation housing area popuceptionally well thought out paper larly known as "The Hill." It is The general dissatisfaction with the college facilities expressed by on espionage in which she traced Affairs, Michael Foot, left-wing notorious for gang violence and students in Kevin Street College of Technology has spread to Bolton the history of spying from the Labour M.P., and James Dillon others will discuss the topic was immortalised by author Lee Street. Trojan horse right up to the and "That the Only Liberty is a Dunne in his controversial novel The Kevin Street students felt The students are receiving the present day. Liberty Connected with Order." " Goodbye to The Hill." that the Vocational Education full support of U.S.I. in their Bourke in speaking to the paper On Thursday, Prof. R. B. The house, which is owned by Committee w e r e mismanaging demands. This is seen as a dimendid not refer to it but, as had been McDowell will give an address technical education in Dublin, besion of the general policy of students, had never been attacked spent over an hour talk- entitled "Personalities in the before. After the fighting it was cause they had treated this branch U.S.I. to do away with the binary expected, about himself and his relations College Historical Society." evacuated, valuables such as radios, of third level education as if it system of education and to put all ing with George Blake. He discussed There will be an Irish history projectors and a tape-recorder were a small country technical third level education on an equal ¯ the period spent in Russia, but debate on Friday entitled "That school. There was a shortage of footing. were removed, and the occupants said that he would never join the Emmet’s Epitaph can now be stayed with friends for the night. teachers and the general air of disCommunist Party. In an election Written," in which An Tanaiste illusion was hampering the recruithere he would vote Labour be- and Minister for Health, Mr. ment of more. cause a Labour T.D. had stood Childers; Mr. Roy Bradford, Many students expressed a wish bail for him. Bourke described in M.P. and Minister for Commerce to see technical education run detail the more exciting side of in the Northern Government; Mr. directly by the Departmeent of There have been 13 Biafran the espionage game, with Russian John Hume, M.P.; Mr. Michael Education. HOUSE PARTIES ARE On Monday last, the students students in Trinity since the begin- machine-guns glinting in the O’Kennedy, Fianna Frill T.D.; of the Nigerian War. With moonlight, the dealings of the Mr. Michael O’Leary, Labour SUCH A BORE. of Bolton Street decided unani- ning the collapse of their country they K.G.B. and flying visits by T.D., and Mr. Vincent Brown will LET’S HAVE THE mously at a mass meeting to set are now completely cut off from members of Scotland Yard to speak. up an Action Committee to inMOBILE The celebrations will close with vestigate the structure of the their families and are even afraid Limerick. DISCOTHEQUE give their names in case their a dance on the Saturday night, Vocational Education Committee, to E. K. Cookridge, who had been THEY ARE SO and in this way to expose it as families might be victimised. They a British agent during the war and March 7. Admission to any of have no means of support and incompetent. EXCITING !!! who had been a close personal the events will be by ticket only. The list is not as yet finally It was also unanimously agreed consequently the banks will not friend of Kim Philby, said that the to keep the library open at night give them any more credit. paper had revealed a great deal closed and the Bicentennial Comin spite of the vocational teachers’ Joe Revington, the President of of research. He considered that mittee are continuing to send instrike. Because of this, the college the S.R.C., is very concerned the secret services of the large vitations to famous people. Among had decided to close the libraries, about their welfare and is attempt- nations were still very much in those reported to have been inbut the students were emphatic ing, in conjunction with the staff, evidence, being used to further vited are Mrs. Coretta King, 9.02. Phone 974309. that they needed the library to to set tup a fund for these their economic a n d industrial widow of Martin Luther King, and M. Couve de Murville. work in. students. interests.
NON-EVENT AT PHIL MEETING
PROGRAMME FOR THE HIST
Tech. Students angry
DARLING!
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ISOLATED BIAFRANS