[…]action is supported by the European Network Against Racism (ENAR) Ireland and the Movement of Asylum Seekers in Ireland (MASI) as it joins the Union’s efforts to highlight the devastating effects direct provision is having on asylum seekers directly. Direct provision is a means of meeting the basic needs of food and shelter for asylum seekers directly while their claims for refugee status are being processed rather than through full cash payments. Introduced on the 10th of April 2000 as a temporary emergency measure, the system of ‘Direct Provision and Dispersal’ is 17 years old. In this time, it is […]
[…]and save them money.” VideoDoc is an Irish company that offers online doctor services in Ireland and the UK. Using the VideoDoc App or the VideoDoc website, patients with a desktop or mobile device can log on from anywhere, including their sickbed, office or hotel room and see a doctor. Each doctor is registered with the Irish Medical Council and the VideoDoc online doctor service is available from 8am to 10pm, 7 days a week. “With VideoDoc we’ve created a service that cares not only about patients health but also about their time, convenience and money. Being able […]
[…]big issues are in student life. Students and their parents have come to USI to highlight their frustration with the comments made by both Ministers and at the lack of action by Government. This Government has made no effort to recognise the crisis that has continued to unfold within its term, prices of accommodation have risen to the point of blatant unaffordability, the SUSI Grant no longer reflects the cost of student life between rent, groceries, books and bills, and our students are paying the second highest fees in the EU after the UK. The people in charge of […]