Madam, – I find it amusing to read that UCD president Dr Hugh Brady justifies the introduction of college fees on the basis of social equality (Home News, July 23rd). It seems to be an argument that is increasingly being spouted by right-wing economists, politicians and most of the other heads of the universities.
It would be good to see our country’s elite finally developing a social conscience, if their concerns were not based on an instinctual fear of egalitarianism rather than a concern for the underprivileged. – Yours, etc,