Apr 19, 2018 | Featured, SAAI
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...
Apr 17, 2018 | Featured, RELEASES
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...
Apr 17, 2018 | Featured, RELEASES, Repeal The 8th
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...
Apr 16, 2018 | Featured, RELEASES, Repeal The 8th
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...
Apr 5, 2018 | Campaigns, Featured, RELEASES
Today, the Union of Students in Ireland (USI) has voted to support justice and human rights for Palestine at the annual student Congress in Galway. The motion came before over 250 students from across Ireland voting to join the global movement for Boycott, Divestment,...
Apr 4, 2018 | Comhdháil, Democracy, Featured, President, RELEASES
Longford native Síona Cahill (25), currently Deputy President of USI and Vice President for Equality and Citizenship, has been elected to lead the Union of Students in Ireland (USI) for the 2018-2019 term at the annual Congress in Galway. The Union represents over...
Apr 3, 2018 | Campaigns, Featured, RELEASES, Repeal The 8th
Today, the Union of Students in Ireland (USI) are launching the national student-led campaign to remove the Eighth Amendment from the Constitution at the annual student Congress in Galway. The campaign, Students For Choice, will be registering thousands of students to...
Apr 3, 2018 | Campaigns, Featured, RELEASES, Repeal The 8th
Today, the Union of Students in Ireland (USI) are launching the national student-led campaign to remove the Eighth Amendment from the Constitution at the annual student Congress in Galway. The campaign, Students For Choice, will be registering thousands of students to...
Mar 29, 2018 | Academic Affairs, Campaigns, Featured, RELEASES
42% of student teachers consider dropping out due to financial pressures The full report can be downloaded here. The Union of Students in Ireland (USI), alongside trade unions ICTU, TUI, ASTI and INTO, released a report today detailing that 42% of student teachers...
Mar 28, 2018 | Featured, President, RELEASES, Repeal The 8th
NEWS RELEASE 28 March 2018 IMMEDIATE RELEASE USI Welcomes May Referendum Date The Union of Students in Ireland has welcomed the confirmation of 25th May as the day for the referendum to repeal the 8th Amendment to Bunreacht na hÉireann. The confirmation of the...
