Sep 29, 2023 | Campaigns, Featured, RELEASES, USI News
National Student Demonstration to take place on Wednesday, October 4 in Dublin city centre Students from across Ireland are set to take to the streets of Dublin next week to demand Government use its €65 billion ‘rainy day’ fund to tackle the student accommodation...
Sep 10, 2023 | Featured, RELEASES, USI News
On World Suicide Prevention Day (September 10), the Union of Students in Ireland is calling on government to make the necessary investment needed to bring the number of student counsellors up to the internationally recommended ‘safe and ethical’ levels. Colleges and...
Aug 31, 2023 | Featured, RELEASES, USI News
Increasing the number of third-level places without the infrastructure and support services to match, is a populist move that will result in students suffering, according to the Union of Students in Ireland. Yesterday, Minister for Further and Higher Education,...
Aug 22, 2023 | Featured, RELEASES, USI News
Ensuring that only landlords who meet standards legislation can claim rent-a-room tax relief and setting a definition for ‘affordable student accommodation’ are just two of the recommendations made in the Union of Students in Ireland’s submission to the Review of the...
Aug 3, 2023 | Featured, RELEASES, USI News
Students are calling on Irish Rail and Transport for Ireland to reconsider the introduction of a new policy that would see Student ID not being accepted for reduced fares on train services, according to the Union of Students in Ireland. While USI and students across...
Jul 24, 2023 | Campaigns, Featured, RELEASES, USI News
Emails between a Fianna Fáil councillor and her student lodger revealed in the media this weekend show that urgent legislation is needed to cover digs accommodation and not just the ‘guidelines’ that Minister Simon Harris is currently championing, says the Union of...
