Media | Union of Students in Ireland

USI and Mental Health Reform will join outside the Dáil tomorrow to Protest against the diversion of €12 Million in the Mental Health Budget

Apr 27, 2016 | Featured, Media, RELEASES

The Union of Students in Ireland and Mental Health Reform will be joining outside the Dáil (Kildare St. Entrance) tomorrow, Thursday, April 28th at 12.30pm to protest against the mental health budget diversion of €12 million and to ensure mental health is a...

Union of Students in Ireland and VotingRights.ie Call for a Vote for Irish Citizens Abroad

Apr 26, 2016 | Featured, International, Media

The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) and VotingRights.ie are partnering to campaign for a vote for Irish citizens abroad. USI are the leading partners on the new campaign in Ireland after the recent constitutional convention found that those participating voted 78%...

The Union of Students in Ireland Praises Irish Muslim leaders for their Anti-Extremism Declaration

Apr 7, 2016 | Equality, Featured, Media, RELEASES

The Union of Students in Ireland has praised the Irish Muslim leaders who made an anti-extremism declaration in Trinity College. USI said extremism is most damaging to the young and impressionable, and violence in the name of religion has cast a negative shadow...

76% of Students Worry About Securing Employment & only 23% have secured employment when they graduate

Apr 6, 2016 | Featured, Media, RELEASES

76% of students are worried about securing employment and only 23% have secured employment when they graduate, according to a new pilot study by the Union of Students in Ireland (USI). USI surveyed students across Ireland and asked them how they felt about...

The Union of Students in Ireland is calling for a change in the way Irish is Taught in School

Apr 4, 2016 | Featured, Gaeilge, Media

USI President, Kevin Donoghue The Union of Students in Ireland is calling for a change in the way the Irish language is taught at primary, secondary and third level. The union’s annual congress, held from the 21st – 24th March in Ennis, passed the motion that the VP...

USI Launches its General Election Manifesto, focusing on Accommodation, Higher Education Funding and Repealing the 8th

Jan 11, 2016 | Academic Affairs, Accommodation, Featured, Media, RELEASES, USI News

The Union of Students in Ireland launched their General Election manifesto today outside the Dáil, emphasising how young people will have a deciding impact on the makeup of the next government, focusing on areas like accommodation, Higher Education Funding and...