General: USI won Zero Budget Social Media Campaign at the Social Media Awards Ireland. USI were finalists in the Best Twitter Business Campaign and Best Twitter Account for Non-Profit too. See the full list of finalists here. Waterford IT Students’ Union hosted the USI National Council where officers from around Ireland discussed issues related to welfare, academic affairs and equality and citizenship. Policy and Campaigns: The USI Vice President for Equality & Citizenship along with NUS-USI President and NUS UK VP for Society & Citizenship attended and spoke at NUS-USI’s ‘Big Gay Wedding’ outside Stormont in Belfast on Monday 22nd of […]
[…]of accommodation and wellbeing and what can be improved. The first International Students forum will take place on April 21st in the TCD Global Room from 5-7pm. Registration is free – just email equality@usi.ie. The Vice President for Welfare alongside the Vice President for Campaigns meet with the head of National Office Of Suicide Prevention (NOSP) in relation to rolling out mental health training and campaigns for the third level sector. The Vice President for Welfare attended launch of mental health first aid with Minister for Mental Health and Older People Helen McEntee and Anne O Connor from HSE alongside […]
[…]support their LGBTQ* employees. USI met with the HSE to further a campaign on alcohol and drugs harm reduction for students. USI Elections Spotlight (Local Hustings): NUI Galway SU – Monday 27th February @ 7.30pn in IT250. Contactsu.president@nuigalway.ie for further information. IT Sligo SU – Tuesday 28th February @ 7pm in Room A0004. Contact president@itssu.ie for further information. Maynooth SU – Thursday 2nd March @ 6pm in John Hume Boardroom. Contact: president@nuimsu.ie for further information. Trinity College Dublin SU – Tuesday 7th March @ 7pm in Stanley Quek Theatre, Trinity Biomedical Institute. Contact: president@tcdsu.org for further information. IADTSU – Tuesday 7th March @5pm in Room TBC. Contact: presidentiadt@gmail.com for further information. Waterford Institute […]
[…]amidst the countdown to the vote. President Laura Harmon documents some of the heartfelt and heartbreaking stories from aCongress discussion on Marriage Equality in an Irish Times article: https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/yes-to-marriage-equality-would-show-that-lgbt-lives-are-valued-1.2157593 Photocall from USI congress 2015 USI rolls out canvassing trainings in collaboration with Students’ Unions across the country. Canvassing training in NUI Galway Students’ Unions successfully lobby to have exams moved to allow as much opportunity to vote as possible. https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/dcu-students-given-time-to-vote-in-marriage-referendum-31071947.html?fbclid=IwAR1cpa8NwfrjjJQ2PQo_asqx3jrCNhlyVwBFx20SxGUVSfYLlB3D6oWVCCg April 2015 Under the leadership of USI President Laura Harmon and Vice President 540 people gather in a rainy Dublin one month ahead of the […]
[…](Fine Gael, Dublin Rathdown) - Raised as Written Q on Tuesday 17th November Richard Bruton TD (Fine Gael, Dublin Bay North) - Raised as Written Q re. Pandemic Unemployment Payment eligibility on Wednesday 7th November. Senator Micheál Carrigy (Fine Gael, Longford) - Raised in Seanad on Tuesday 10th November Willie O’Dea (Fianna Fáil, Limerick) - Raised as Written Q on Thursday 12th November. Cathal Crowe (Fianna Fáil, Clare) - Raised in Oireachtas Committee on Health on Wednesday 11th November. Niamh Smyth TD (Fianna Fáil, Cavan-Monaghan) - Raised in Fianna Fáil Parliamentary Party Meeting on Tuesday 2nd December. Also raised as Written Q on Tuesday 8th September. John McGuinness TD (Fianna Fáil, Carlow-Kilkenny) - Raised in Fianna Fáil Parliamentary Party Meeting on Tuesday 2nd December. Dara Calleary TD (Fianna Fáil, Mayo) - Raised in Fianna Fáil Parliamentary Party Meeting on Tuesday 2nd December. James O’Connor TD (Fianna Fáil, Cork […]
