[…]hope that the legacy of this cornerstone of the Irish travel market can yet be saved. Our thoughts today are with the staff, and we hope that students who had made plans with the firm can be made whole in the coming days. Students who have paid for products and who would like to try to secure a refund should try to make contact with Usit Travel’s liquidators in the coming days, and may wish to contact FLAC (Free Legal Advice Centres) on www.flac.ie or the Citizen’s Information on https://www.citizensinformation.ie/ for further […]
[…]hope that the legacy of this cornerstone of the Irish travel market can yet be saved. Our thoughts today are with the staff, and we hope that students who had made plans with the firm can be made whole in the coming days. Students who have paid for products and who would like to try to secure a refund should try to make contact with Usit Travel’s liquidators in the coming days, and may wish to contact FLAC (Free Legal Advice Centres) on www.flac.ie or the Citizen’s Information on https://www.citizensinformation.ie/ for further […]
[…]before the campaign was set to launch. Vice President for Equality and Citizenship travelled to Brussels to a European Students’ Union (ESU) seminar on refugees and higher education. Watch our video for the USI elections […]
[…]with their local politicians through a high-tech database management and communication tool. USI’s National Campaign, ‘Fight For Your Future Now’, was also launched this week, which will see students right across the country display vigorous opposition to any attempts to further target third-level student supports by the Government. “Students and families are already at breaking point, and the cost of college continues to increase. This week, an ILCU survey showed that 84% of families are already struggling to meet the cost of third level. “75,000 students and their families depend on the grant each year, a grant that has been […]