Sep 30, 2013 | Campaigns, RELEASES
ACROSS the country students will unite tomorrow (Tuesday October 1st) to fight for their future. The nationwide “Fight for Your Future Now” demonstrations are taking place today against potential cuts to the maintenance grant in the upcoming October Budget 2014. The...
Sep 26, 2013 | Uncategorized
POLITICIANS were warned today (THURSDAY) that any attempt to target students in the upcoming Budget will cost them their seats. Students vow to Fight for their Future now. Students revealed that they are launching SERD (Student Elector Registration Database), a...
Sep 19, 2013 | President, RELEASES
A block of 10,000 student voters will be mobilised to vote ahead of the Seanad referendum in two weeks’ time. The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) warned the Government today (Thursday), that students are ready to demonstrate their electoral power in the upcoming...
Sep 19, 2013 | Uncategorized
Political apathy in Ireland is at an all-time high. The economic collapse and string of broken election promises have led people to disconnect from the political system. This Government entered office on a platform of promised political reform. However, with the...
Sep 18, 2013 | Uncategorized
With the latest emigration figures offering little hope to the young people of Ireland, the Government must act now. The recent CSO figures confirmed what anyone working with Irish students and graduates already knows – the recent fall in the Live Register owes more...
Sep 11, 2013 | Campaigns, President, RELEASES
Abolish the ‘Economic Management Council’, not the Seanad THROWING their weight behind the NO campaign in the upcoming Seanad referendum, students today [Wednesday 11th September] set out alternative proposals for meaningful political reform. The launch took place...
Sep 10, 2013 | Campaigns, RELEASES
USI Launches Study on Students’ Experiences of Harassment, Stalking, Violence and Sexual Assault. The public launch of the “Say Something” research study findings of students’ experiences of harassment, stalking, violence and sexual assault, took place today, Tuesday,...