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Date Posted: 10:41:20 11/26/02 Tue
Author: brendan kavanagh Coleraine
Subject: University of Ulster ejects Sinn Féin

University of Ulster ejects Sinn Féin

An Phoblacht / Republican News 21st November 2002.

http://www.irlnet.com/aprn/current/news/21thre.html

Newtownabbey Councillor Breige Meehan has criticised the University of Ulster after members of Sinn Féin were forced to leave the Students Union Building at the Jordanstown Campus on Tuesday 19 November.

Student leaders issued invitations to all political parties, including Sinn Féin, to attend an open day at the University but as the Sinn Féin members set up their stall in the building, they were told to leave.

The four members of Sinn Féin moved into the Students Union before being forcibly removed by university security staff under the guidance of Estates Services Officer Frank Halpin.

A student source has told An Phoblacht that the removal of the Sinn Féin group was ordered by the Public Affairs Committee of the University. The source said: "No other political parties were removed when they were giving out leaflets; it seems the university doesn't want students to hear about Sinn Féin policies."

Sinn Féin's Breige Meehan said the university's interference in the affairs of the University of Ulster Students Union undermines and raises questions about the self governing authority of the entire student movement, not only at the University of Ulster but also across all campuses.

Meehan added that the way Sinn Fein were treated by the University authorities is blatant discrimination and fails to adhere to parity of esteem.

Sinn Féin has sent letters to the Chancellor of the Campus, Gerry McKenna, and the Students Union asking for a meeting to explain the removal of its members on Tuesday.

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