Mar 28, 2018 | Featured, President, RELEASES, Repeal The 8th
NEWS RELEASE 28 March 2018 IMMEDIATE RELEASE USI Welcomes May Referendum Date The Union of Students in Ireland has welcomed the confirmation of 25th May as the day for the referendum to repeal the 8th Amendment to Bunreacht na hÉireann. The confirmation of the...
Mar 21, 2018 | Campaigns, Featured, RELEASES, Repeal The 8th
The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) is supporting the the national civil society campaign, Together For Yes, to remove the Eighth Amendment from the Constitution in order to protect women’s safety, health and wellbeing. In the coming months, USI will also be...
Mar 9, 2018 | Featured, RELEASES, Repeal The 8th
The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) is concerned that a delay in voting on the wording of the referendum bill today will see the referendum on the Eighth Amendment pushed to June 8th. This shift in date could see thousands of students unable to cast a vote in the...
Mar 8, 2018 | Featured, RELEASES, Repeal The 8th
As part of International Women’s Day, the Union of Students in Ireland (USI) is rallying students across Ireland to repeal the Eighth Amendment at Trinity College Dublin Front Square from 4:30pm. The rally comes as fears that a delay in voting on the wording of the...
Jan 31, 2018 | Featured, RELEASES, Repeal The 8th
The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) today welcomed the decision by the Irish government to hold a referendum to repeal the Eighth Amendment. The Union is calling on the Cabinet and both houses of the Oireachtas to make haste with the referendum procedures so...
Jan 29, 2018 | Featured, RELEASES, Repeal The 8th
“Please opt for a May date for referendum, and no later.” We’ve issued letters to all members of Taoiseach Leo Varadkar T.D’s Cabinet asking that a referendum to #RepealThe8th be held before the end of May 2018. Read the full letter below...
