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By Tom\u00e1s Heneghan<\/p>\n
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\u00a0A\u00a0University of Limerick student has begun preparations for a national day of protest he is calling against the next government.<\/p>\n
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Andrew Roberts (21), who is originally from Co. Kildare, has planned his preemptive protest for March 10th, the day the D\u00e1il is to sit again.<\/p>\n
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Mr Roberts told An Focal he believed the people of Ireland should be prepared for a fight after the upcoming general election.<\/p>\n
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He explained: \u201cI don\u2019t care who gets in next. Will it really make a difference? No – So we need to be prepared. The next shower will be just as bad.\u201d<\/p>\n
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However Mr Roberts also told An Focal he had no intention of voting in the election at the end of this month.<\/p>\n
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\u201cWhy would I bother voting? Sure, it wont make a difference, they\u2019re all the same anyway,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
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Mr Roberts admitted he was registered to vote since last February when students in at the university had given him a voter registration form to fill in in the lead up to the marriage referendum in May.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI voted for gay marriage because that mattered to people, it made a difference to people\u2019s lives. What will voting for politicians do?\u201d<\/p>\n
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Referring to the Eighth Amendment to the Irish Constitution, Mr Roberts added: \u201cWhat we need is a referendum to repeal the eighth now.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Asked how such a referendum would be delivered, Mr Roberts told An Focal \u201cit just would be\u201d and said a protest was certain to deliver this referendum and more.<\/p>\n
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He added that electing politicians who support holding such a referendum was irrelevant, despite it being a government decision to hold any such referendum.<\/p>\n
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He concluded: \u201cWe need to protest college fees, government spending and the decisions being made by government. Voting for politicians wont make a difference. Protest is the answer, even if it\u2019s just you standing by yourself outside the front of your university with a placard, yelling slogans at no one in particular.\u201d<\/p>\n