Break the Barriers
USI Calls on Government to Break the Barriers of Third Level Education This week, Ministers for both Education and Higher Education, Joe McHugh and Mary Mitchell O’Connor have released statements downplaying the levity of the accommodation and higher education funding...
Students Nationwide Stand Against Coca-Cola in #TasteZeroRights campaign
The Union of Students in Ireland have passed a motion to support SIPTU’s #TasteZeroRights campaign in protest of Coca-Cola’s denial of workers rights to unionise in the west of Ireland. Since October 2014, workers in Coca-Cola’s base in Co. Mayo have been...“Cost is a barrier to safe sex” says USI
“Cost is a barrier to safe sex” says USI The Union of Students in Ireland has welcomed today’s announcement by Minister for Health Simon Harris that barriers to accessing contraception will be reviewed by a ‘rapid’ working group. USI president Síona...Students call for urgent awareness and education around self harm
Students call for urgent awareness and education around self harm UNION OF STUDENTS IN IRELAND (USI)·FRIDAY, 1 MARCH 2019 Friday March 1st is Self-Harm and Injury Awareness Day. Reacting to the statistics released by the National Suicide Research foundation, which...