Voter Registration
Do you know if you are registered to vote? Log on to www.checktheregister.ie to see if you’re registered to vote! If not, we have you covered with all the information you need here. In order to vote in an election or referendum in Ireland, you must be...
“Student loans are off the table” – USI welcomes statement by Minister
The Union of Students in Ireland has cautiously welcomed a statement from the Minister of State for Higher Education, Mary Mitchell O’Connor, that no plan exists inside her department for the introduction of a student loan scheme ‘for the near future’.
USI Backs Limerick Student’s Consent Campaign
The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) is supporting a student led campaign from students in Limerick School of Art and Design asking students ‘are you getting it?’ about consent. The campaign is being rolled out across LIT campuses, from LSAD, this week with the...
USI Backs Limerick Student’s Consent Campaign
The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) is supporting a student led campaign from students in Limerick School of Art and Design asking students ‘are you getting it?’ about consent. The campaign is being rolled out across LIT campuses, from LSAD, this week with the...
Student Achievement Awards Ireland 2018 celebrates student success
The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) is holding the Student Achievement Awards Ireland (SAAI) 2018 in the Radisson Blu, Dublin tonight Thursday (April 19th) to recognise the achievements of third-level students in Ireland. USI wishes to promote remarkable...
USI to protest 27% in rent hike for DCU students
USI is calling on Rent Regulation to be extended to purpose built student accommodation The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) will join DCU Students’ Union today, protesting outside the Leinster House to highlight a 27% rent hike at the Shanowen student accommodation...
460,000 Young People Warned to ‘Check the Register’ Before May 8th Referendum Deadline
Four national youth organisations are advising the 460,000* young people eligible to vote in the upcoming abortion referendum to ‘check the register’ before the May 8th voter registration deadline. The National Youth Council of Ireland (NYCI), the Union of Students in...
USI mobilising tens of thousands of students ahead of referendum on the Eighth Amendment
USI touring country with ‘Repeal Mobile’ to get students referendum ready over the next month The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) is today launching a two week roadshow beginning at Maynooth University as part of the national student-led campaign to remove the...