Around the same time as the heating-up of the England protests (but before the passing of the bill), students in Italy occupied the leaning tower of Pisa in a similar protest regarding its own educational system [REF].
On 27 November 2010, a massive protest against pending austerity took place in Dublin;[REF] The Irish Examiner news service also reports on a 7 December 2010 clash around the Dáil where protesters threw smoke bombs and flares at police [REF].