Feb 3, 2016 | Featured, RELEASES
Queues of students are gathering outside Garda stations across Ireland to register to vote for the General Election, just after the announcement from the Taoiseach on the dissolution of the Dáil. The Union of Students in Ireland and other groups have registered over...
Feb 2, 2016 | Academic Affairs, Funding
The Union of Students in Ireland is standing in solidarity with the Teachers’ Union of Ireland who are taking industrial action on February 3rd and striking because of underfunding in the sector. USI said that underfunding ITs and understaffing classes will have a...
Jan 26, 2016 | Featured, RELEASES
L-R Aoife Ní Shúilleabháin, VP for Welfare; Jack Leahy, VP for AA&QA; Minister Deenihan; American Ambassador to Ireland, Kevin O’Malley; Annie Hoey, Deputy President USI; Kevin Donoghue, USI President The Union of Students in Ireland, with support from the...
Jan 22, 2016 | Featured, RELEASES
88% of Smartvote app users are in favour of abortion according to new data released today by the Union of Students in Ireland and Smartvote.ie. The new Election tool has been causing a political engagement storm across the country and has been labelled ‘The Tinder of...
Jan 20, 2016 | Academic Affairs, Featured
The Union of Students in Ireland extends their condolences to the families and friends of the young people who lost their lives this morning in Bacha Khan University in Charsadda. At least 21 people have been killed and over 60 are injured after unidentified gunmen...
Jan 20, 2016 | Featured, RELEASES, USI News
The Union of Students in Ireland is urging young people to stay away from the ‘designer drug’ 2CB after six people were hospitalised following its consumption at a house party in Cork this morning. According to the 2015 National Student Drug Survey, 82% of...
Jan 15, 2016 | Academic Affairs, Featured, RELEASES
Kevin Donoghue, USI President The Union of Students in Ireland has warned that young people from rural backgrounds will be disproportionately affected by the loan scheme if brought in after the upcoming General Election. If the new proposed loan scheme comes into...
Jan 13, 2016 | Academic Affairs, Featured, RELEASES
The Irish Student Summit 2016 will take place on the 4th February in Dublin Castle. The event will have over 600 students, 40+ start ups, 22 workshops and powerhouse business speakers from Silicon Valley and Ireland, with speakers from Paddy Power, Silicon...
