May 24, 2020 | Campaigns, Equality, Featured, RELEASES, USI News
Five years ago, we Made Grá The Law! USI President, Lorna Fitzpatrick and Vice President for Equality and Citizenship, Megan Reilly reflect on the vital role the student movement played in the Marriage Equality referendum. Laura Harmon, USI President at the time of...
May 22, 2020 | Campaigns, Equality, Featured, RELEASES, USI News
To celebrate the significant role of the student movement in the passing of Marriage Equality in Ireland in 2015, the Union of Students in Ireland has launched an online archive on the fifth anniversary of voting in the referendum. Some 30,000 young people registered...
Apr 17, 2020 | Accommodation, Direct Provision, Featured, RELEASES, USI News
Vacant Purpose-Built Student Accommodation should be used to ease stress on vulnerable students who are not in appropriate accommodation during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Union of Students in Ireland said today. The USI says the closure of campuses and the stay-home...
Dec 12, 2018 | Equality, Featured
The Union of Students in Ireland have partnered up with Mediaplanet UK & Ireland for their Diversity & Inclusion publication which launched today. USI Vice President for Equality & Citizenship, Aisling Cusack was featured in this publication, speaking...
Jan 16, 2018 | Equality, Featured, LGBT
Consultation Process Submissions are now invited, from interested individuals and organisations, on the...
Dec 19, 2017 | Direct Provision, Featured, RELEASES
The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) today announced it will take action against Avoca, a clothing manufacturing, retail and food business in Ireland, because of ties to direct provision centres. The action will take place on Saturday the 23rd of December at 1pm on...
