[…]unemployment crisis, and to do more to combat the intolerable situation facing Irish graduates today. According to USI President Joe O’Connor, the OECD reports confirm what USI have been saying for quite some time. “With almost 30 per cent of under 25s in Ireland unemployed, many have little choice but to emigrate to secure employment, taking vital skills with them. Initiatives like the Youth Guarantee scheme are crucial to tackling youth unemployment in Ireland, but they need substantial investment. Emigration is not a fix for this crisis. Ireland’s youth want the opportunity to work and to contribute to the economic recovery […]
[…]Day of Action for Trans Depathologisation is called with demonstrations held in cities world-wide. The campaign aims to raise awareness that being trans is still considered a mental disorder and demands the depathologisation of trans identities. Laura Harmon, the USI Vice-President for Equality and Citizenship will be speaking at the rally along with other speakers from ILGA-Europe, Amnesty International, Gay Doctors Ireland, BeLonG To Youth Services, LGBT Noise, Transgender Europe (TGEU) and Transgender Equality Network Ireland (TENI). Laura Harmon, USI Vice-President for Equality and Citizenship said: ‘We are very pleased that this rally has been organised by Trans Education and […]
[…]of the European Students’ Union, and then a year as Secretary General of the European Youth Forum in Brussels. He returned to Dublin in 1998 to work with the Irish National Organisation of the Unemployed, and finally headed home to Mayo where he managed the Ballyhaunis Family Resource Centre before his sudden death on August 17. It was no surprise he travelled so widely. In his spell with USI, it was clear he was a political polyglot, able to speak and understand the many different languages of union leaders across the island. He was equally comfortable debating the potential pitfalls […]
[…]ability to afford courses, USI President Lorna Fitzpatrick has told an education sector seminar today. The leader of Ireland’s students was speaking in response to remarks by Minister for Higher and Further Education Simon Harris at the Future Forward event ‘Investing in Education in a Post COVID world’ hosted by the Education Futures Coalition and the Education division of ICTU in which speakers outlined their views for the future of the sector. According to Fitzpatrick, a review of the student funding system is urgently required to ensure that those who need support to attend college can do so without worrying […]