UCDSU, UCD LGBT and USI gathered earlier today outside the Department of an Taoiseach for a Rainbow Wedding ceremony. The ceremony was organised to send a message to the Taoiseach – that students of Ireland want marriage equality for LGBT people. Thanks to all who volunteered and attended, including representatives from TCDSU. Photos by Conor […]
[…]charge, have only served to disincentivise our youth from attaining a third level education. Today’s statistics are the result of these cuts. USI President John Logue said: “Young people are not looking for an easy way out of the employment crisis. They realise they will have to work harder than before with less to show for it. However, every crisis has a tipping point and ours is the growing sense of despair among young people in Ireland- a lack of confidence and pride not seen since the 1980’s. If we don’t act quickly and decisively to tackle youth unemployment in this […]
[…]be led by the UCD Students’ Union, UCD LGBT Society and the Union of Students in Ireland at noon today. There will be a rainbow wedding demonstration with two same sex couples and one heterosexual couple. The ceremonies will be officiated by John Logue, President Union of Students in Ireland’s. Representatives of UCD Students’ Union and LGBT youth activists will take part in the demonstration with a congregation of guests comprising of their student peers in support. UCDSU and the Union of Students in Ireland believe that the time has come for equal access to civil marriage in Ireland. This […]
[…]to ensure fairness and to remove arbitrary ‘cliffs’ in relation to the distance a student must live from their institution in order to qualify for assistance. Students’ Union Training is organised by the Union of Students in Ireland (USI). USI President John Logue said: “Tom Boland’s statement on this issue re-affirms what USI has known all along: that the decision to cut the postgraduate maintenance grant was hastily made and with little thought of the longterm consequences for both students and the State. Postgraduate qualifications are becoming a pre-requisite for many high-skilled jobs. With his decision to cut the maintenance grant, […]
