Third-level students across Ireland are set to walk out of lectures on Thursday morning (October 17) at 11.30am as part of a national protest organised by the Union of Students in Ireland and local Students’ Unions. The National Student Walkout aims to highlight the anger and frustration students are feeling at the complete lack of measures in Budget 2025 to support them, and to remind TDs...

The next Government of Ireland must publish a new strategic plan for student accommodation and commit to taking urgent action to address the current crisis, according to the Union of Students in Ireland’s general election manifesto, which launches today. In the Student Manifesto, USI also calls for the next government to introduce free public transport for all students, abolish all...