[…]a great guy and it was very close, with only four votes in it in the end. I hope to hit the ground running and am looking forward to getting going and delivering the change I promised in my speech at hustings. “I did run a bit of a snuff campaign at the start, but that was to get students engaged. I thought it would be a way of engaging students that don’t usually get involved with student politics to look at my campaign. But for Monday night, I put together a speech that I felt would let people know […]
[…]effective that College Times was forced to remove the article from their website. In commentary to newspapers today, Joe O’Connor, USI President, gave the following statement: “The article was crass and insensitive in the extreme and will have been read by many as misogynistic, predatory nonsense. USI wholeheartedly condemns the article and we’re delighted that so many student activists and friends put the effort in to showing this up for the dismal attempt at edginess it is. It’s unfortunate that this appears to be some websites’ reason for being. We think it’s time for College Times to call it a […]
[…]to sever diplomatic ties with Israel to put on the pressure necessary to end the deliberate destruction of Gaza. The argument is being made that recognition of the State of Palestine may help the movement towards long-term peace or a “two state solution”. However, right now the focus should be on the urgent need to end to the violence and genocide in Gaza and forcing Israel to respect and observe international law. In this respect, USI refers to the stance of the BDS movement, which says: “The BDS movement does not advocate for a particular solution to the conflict and […]
[…]journey, and it is imperative on all of us, LGBTI+ or not, to work harder to make the society we live and work in a better, more understanding one. Often this means challenging the status quo or the way we always saw ‘the world’, and that can be unsettling, but it’s absolutely necessary. ‘I am honoured to receive this award with USI and thank those shortlisted for the work they do for students.’ Shortlisted for this award were, ‘Out in UL’, ‘GiG Soc (NUI Galway)’, ‘DCU LGBTA Society’. The GALAS were set up by GCN and the National LGBT Federation […]
[…]conference on gender in Ireland. The event is free of charge and takes place in NUI Galway from today with introductions and registrations (Friday 28th February 17.30pm) and the main conference is on Saturday March 1st from 9.30am until 5pm. Modules will include Pro-Choice Activism, Trans* Activism and modules relating to reproductive health rights, anti-sexual violence campaigns and LGBTQ Health. USI Vice President for Equality and Citizenship Laura Harmon said: ”We are really delighted to be co-hosting this event with the Y-Factor. Students on campuses across the country are doing amazing work on gender equality issues and we wanted to foster links […]
