[…]Pre-Budget Submission outside Leinster House at 8:30am on Tuesday the 6th September. The proposals in the submission include a €500 minimum reduction in fees; a €140 million investment in higher education; reinstating postgraduate grants; and a €5million investment in third-level mental health counselling. USI President, Annie Hoey, said the government needs to match talk of economic recovery with financial investment in third-level education. You can download the submission here: USI Pre-Budget Submission 2017 USI VP for the Border, Midlands and Western region, Michael Kerrigan, hand-delivered a copy of the pre-budget submission with students from GMIT Castlebar campus, to Taoiseach Enda Kenny’s […]
[…]in the North with the Lá Dearg Proposed by QUBSU Aithníonn an Comhdháil: Tháinig deireadh le cruinniú idir Conradh na Gaeilge agus an Aire stáit i mBéal Feirste ar 12 Aibreán 2022 nuair a dhiúltaigh an tAire am cinntithe a chur ar fáil i gclár ama Westminster chun an reachtaíocht Gaeilge a chur i bhfeidhm faoi mar a gealladh í sa chomhaontú Ré Nua Cur Chuige Nua. Aithníonn an Comhdháil chomh maith: Bhí sé mar bhunchloch aitheanta sa chomhaontú sin, Ré Nua Cur Chuige Nua (Eanáir 2020), go dtabharfadh na páirtithe agus / nó na Rialtais reachtaíocht Gaeilge isteach laistigh […]