AMLÉ urges homeowners across Ireland consider Rent-a-Room Scheme
Aontas na Mac Léinn in Éirinn (AMLÉ) is once again seeing first hand the reality of Ireland’s accommodation crisis. Whilst students anticipate CAO offers and a return to learning, a greater issue hangs overhead. Students’ Unions across the country are resorting to running “Digs Drives”, calling out to residents in their local area in the hopes that a spare box room could turn into a home for a student this academic year.
“Well, Is It the Same Old Line?
PRESS RELEASE “Well, Is It the Same Old Line? Strike Action to Be Taken as USI Stands in Unwavering Solidarity with BIMM’s Students and IFUT, While Dispute Remains Unresolved. Dublin, Ireland – February 5, 2025 – The Union of Students in Ireland (USI)/...
‘Once-off’ student fee reduction in Budget 2023 will not remove barrier of high cost of college in Ireland
Government should have made the €1,000 reduction to the Student Contribution Charge in Budget 2023 a permanent reduction in fees for all students as a move towards abolishing the charge, says the Union of Students in Ireland. USI and Students’ Unions across Ireland...
Student representatives gather in Dublin to lobby TDs ahead of Budget 2023
The accommodation crisis and soaring cost-of-living are among the key issues being raised by the Union of Students in Ireland at today’s (Monday) pre-budget submission lobbying day in Buswells Hotel, Dublin. USI representatives have been joined by Students’ Union...