[…]from the Cookie Declaration on our website. Learn more about who we are, how you can contact us and how we process personal data in our Privacy Policy. Your consent applies to the following domains: usi.ie What are cookies ? Cookies are small text files that are used to store small pieces of information. The cookies are stored on your device when the website is loaded on your browser. These cookies help us make the website function properly, make the website more secure, provide better user experience, and understand how the website performs and to analyze what works and where […]
[…]2019 – FraudSMART in association with An Garda Síochána and the Union of Students in Ireland (USI) are today advising consumers, and in particular third level students and their parents, to be alert to rental accommodation scams in which victims get conned into paying a deposit for a property that does not exist or has already been rented, often to multiple people. The warning comes in advance of the publication this year’s Leaving Cert results and the start of the new college year which will see young people across the country searching for rental accommodation. Explaining the risks involved and […]
[…]or kissing. Consent can be expressed both verbally and physically. It must be enthusiastic, conscious and voluntary. If consent is not expressed, this is not sex – it is assault! So if you’re engaging in sexual activities, remember to always ask for consent and to communicate. The Rape Crisis Centres throughout the country provide support to victims both male and female of rape and sexual assault . The service they provide is to support victims of sexual abuse and to provide information surrounding rape and assault. If you have been sexually abused they can accompany you to the Gardaí or […]
[…]from the Cookie Declaration on our website. Learn more about who we are, how you can contact us and how we process personal data in our Privacy Policy. Your consent applies to the following domains: usi.ie What are cookies ? Cookies are small text files that are used to store small pieces of information. The cookies are stored on your device when the website is loaded on your browser. These cookies help us make the website function properly, make the website more secure, provide better user experience, and understand how the website performs and to analyze what works and where […]
[…]24/7 service for individuals in need of mental health care. Currently individuals are forced to use Accident and Emergency (A&E) departments in hospitals as an intervention service with staff and professionals not being adequately trained to respond and support someone in mental or emotional distress. A decade after A Vision for Change (2006), the recommendations to provide community based services, crisis homes and intervention support services are not available. Supports should be available on a 24/7 basis and should include the capacity to respond in a multidisciplinary way. It is proposed that there should be a ‘crisis house’ within each […]
