Jun 28, 2021 | Campaigns, Featured, International Students, RELEASES, USI News
USI has written to Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly TD with an an urgent appeal for him to support the Health Insurance (International Students) (Amendment) Bill 2021. Re: Urgent need to support the Health Insurance (International Students) (Amendment) Bill...
Jun 15, 2021 | Campaigns, Equality, Featured, LGBT, Sexual Health
Today marks 40 years since the first AIDS case was diagnosed in Ireland in 1982. The Union of Students in Ireland renews its calls on Government to invest in the expansion of HIV testing services across Ireland. If we are serious about reversing HIV cases, we need to...
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...
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 20, 2021 | Campaigns, Featured, RELEASES, USI News
The disparity in funding for psychology trainees in Ireland must be addressed by Government to ensure the country has the psychological workforce it needs, according to the Union of Students in Ireland (USI) and the Psychological Society of Ireland (PSI). Currently...
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...
