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Galway PhD researchers protest over pay and working conditions

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Galway PhD researchers protest over pay and working conditions

A crowd of postgraduate workers have braved the wet weather to protest at the University of Galway this afternoon.

PhD researchers are calling for better pay and conditions, and to be properly recognised as university workers.

The Postgraduate Workers Organisation has also held a national protest outside the Dáil today.

These PhD students told our reporter Joshua Byrne about their own situations:

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