Jun 15, 2021 | Campaigns, Equality, Featured, LGBT, Sexual Health
Today marks 40 years since the first AIDS case was diagnosed in Ireland in 1982. The Union of Students in Ireland renews its calls on Government to invest in the expansion of HIV testing services across Ireland. If we are serious about reversing HIV cases, we need to...
Jun 15, 2021 | COVID-19, Featured, National Affairs, RELEASES, USI News
The Union of Students in Ireland welcomes the plan published today, which aims to re-open campuses and have most third-level activity back on site from the start of the new academic year. Along with getting students back into lectures and classrooms, that the plan...
Jun 9, 2021 | Accommodation, Campaigns, Featured, RELEASES, USI News
The Union of Students in Ireland welcomes the decision by cabinet to act on the USI’s Student Accommodation Bill and stop landlords forcing students to pay numerous months’ rent in advance to secure accommodation. The move this morning (Wednesday) comes on the back of...
Jun 2, 2021 | Featured, Mental Health, RELEASES, USI News, Welfare
Below is a letter sent to Minister Simon Harris, Minister Stephen Donnelly and Minister Mary Butler by the Union of Students in Ireland today, World Eating Disorders Day (2 June, 2021) Dear Minister Simon Harris, Minister Stephen Donnelly and Minister Mary Butler, We...
May 25, 2021 | Featured, National Affairs, RELEASES, Repeal The 8th, USI News
Action must be taken to resolve the current situation where many women across Ireland still face barriers to accessing abortion care, the Union of Students in Ireland has said on the third anniversary of the vote to remove the Eighth Amendment from the Irish...
