Jun 9, 2021 | Accommodation, Campaigns, Featured, RELEASES, USI News
The Union of Students in Ireland welcomes the decision by cabinet to act on the USI’s Student Accommodation Bill and stop landlords forcing students to pay numerous months’ rent in advance to secure accommodation. The move this morning (Wednesday) comes on the back of...
Jun 2, 2021 | Featured, Mental Health, RELEASES, USI News, Welfare
Below is a letter sent to Minister Simon Harris, Minister Stephen Donnelly and Minister Mary Butler by the Union of Students in Ireland today, World Eating Disorders Day (2 June, 2021) Dear Minister Simon Harris, Minister Stephen Donnelly and Minister Mary Butler, We...
May 25, 2021 | Featured, National Affairs, RELEASES, Repeal The 8th, USI News
Action must be taken to resolve the current situation where many women across Ireland still face barriers to accessing abortion care, the Union of Students in Ireland has said on the third anniversary of the vote to remove the Eighth Amendment from the Irish...
Apr 30, 2021 | Featured, RELEASES, SAAI, USI News
Student leaders, activists and student-led groups have been recognised in a virtual awards ceremony, hosted by the Union of Students in Ireland. The Student Achievement Awards Ireland (SAAIs), now in their eighth year, recognise the outstanding contribution of...
Apr 29, 2021 | Featured, RELEASES, SUSI, USI News
Extending supports to part-time and online students and increasing the level of awards are among the suggestions made by the Union of Students in Ireland in its wide-ranging submission to the Government’s review of the Student Grant Scheme (SUSI). The level of...
Apr 27, 2021 | Accommodation, Campaigns, Featured, RELEASES, USI News
Government TDs are being urged to support the student accommodation bill which will be debated in Dáil Eireann on Wednesday (April 28), by the Union of Students in Ireland and Students’ Unions all over Ireland. The USI’s Residential Tenancies (Student Rents and Other...
Apr 9, 2021 | Campaigns, Featured, LGBT, RELEASES, Sexual Health, USI News, Welfare
Delegates at the Union of Students in Ireland Congress have passed a motion to join calls for the reopening of the Gay Men’s’ Health Service (GMHS) clinic and other sexual healthcare facilities that are currently closed or highly restricted due to the COVID-19...
Apr 8, 2021 | Campaigns, Comhdháil, Democracy, Featured, RELEASES, USI News
Former NUI Galway Students’ Union President and current USI Vice President for Welfare, Clare Austick has today (April 8) been elected President of the Union of Students in Ireland for the 2021-2022 academic year. Clare will be joined on the next USI Executive...
Mar 24, 2021 | Campaigns, Featured, RELEASES, USI News
An online national student protest and socially distanced demonstrations on campuses across the island have been organisation today (March 24) by the Union of Students in Ireland to demand action from Government on the union’s Education For All campaign. Students are...
Mar 10, 2021 | Featured, Gaeilge, RELEASES, USI News
Two thirds of students think Irish should remain a compulsory subject up to Leaving Certificate level, but most students think more emphasis needs to be placed on speaking the language, according to research published on Wednesday (March 10) by the Union of Students...
