[…]fees or loans before a public vote.” USI has maintained that Higher Education should be free and that Ireland should follow the example of some of our continental EU partners as opposed to introducing the much touted loan scheme. “Sweden can do it, Germany can do it and now the Cassells report is saying we can do it. The writing is on the walls and in the paper – free education is a viable option and not the pipe dream so many people would make it out to be.” Donoghue maintains that politicians should be delighted at the news. “Time […]
[…]represents over 374,000 students at third level and further education across Ireland USI’s ‘SHAG’ campaign is supported by the HSE, and this year 30,000 condoms were delivered to students on campuses across Ireland, including information on safe sex, consent and support for unplanned pregnancies, including the HSE ‘My Options’ helpline. Prices for the pill per month mostly range from €5 to €8 rising to €14.50. One of the biggest cost issues is that long acting reversible contraception, such as implants, patches, IUDs, etc which are the most effective are more expensive. Emergency contraception is also a significant cost for […]
[…]to them for their basic needs. This initiative comes as figures from Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI) reveal that 5,575 students, 28% of successful applicants, are still waiting on their first grant payment. An external review of SUSI will begin in the coming weeks in order to implement a major overhaul of the agency ahead of the next academic year. The centralised grant awarding agency has singularly failed to make the grant processing system more efficient and, as a result, many students are in serious financial difficulty. John Logue, President of the Union of Students in Ireland said: “As students […]
NEWS RELEASE On Tuesday 20 January, the Union of Students in Ireland (USI) will launch its campaign to secure a ‘YES’ vote in the forthcoming marriage equality referendum. See the new website voteforlove.ie USI believes that equal access to civil marriage in Ireland is one of the most important civil rights issues of our generation and that students have a valuable role to play in making this a reality. At the official launch of Students for Marriage Equality, plans for the coming months on how to win the referendum will be outlined, along with hearing first-hand accounts of why marriage equality is important to […]
