[…]of Students in Ireland, John Logue, said: USI has contacted every County/City Council in relation to the withholding of Maintenance Grants without payment of Household Charge. Below are a list of each Council and their response. Please comment below if you have received a letter from a County/City Council in relation to this and please specify which local authority. Carlow County Council – No Cavan County Council – No Clare County Council – Yes, decisions made by themselves Cork County Council – No Donegal County Council – No response Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council – No plans to do this. Fingal […]
[…]more. “Apart from myself and NUS-USI President, Ellen Fearon, there will be a whole new team and that will give us a good opportunity to reflect on where we are and to make new, exciting plans for the future. This is still a time of huge challenge for students, and for Irish society in general, and we will be there fighting to ensure the best outcome possible is achieved for students over the year to come.” The full USI Executive team for 2021-2022, as elected today, will be: President Clare Austick (USI Welfare Vice President, formerly NUI Galway SU) Vice-President […]
[…]Residential Tenancies (Student Rents and Other Protections) (Covid-19) Act 2021 would force accommodation providers to return prepaid rents to students who cannot live in the accommodation due to public health restrictions or other COVID-19 related reasons. The Bill would also enable students to terminate contracts on accommodation they no longer need because of COVID-19 and would provide students with access to redress for rent they are having trouble getting repaid. USI is calling on Government, and all other TDs in the Dáil to support the Bill, bring it to committee stage and act on it immediately. USI Vice President for Campaigns, […]
[…]through a four-year degree now costs students and their families over €50,000 on average. And with Government showing no signs of reducing the Student Contribution Charge or addressing the student accommodation crisis, USI is launching the Cost of College campaign. The overall Cost of College campaign will involve two sub-campaigns; the No Keys, No Degrees campaign which was launched in September as a result of the dire student accommodation crisis and a F*ck the Fees campaign, which aims to show the level of anger students feel towards the €3,000 Student Contribution Charge. The first big actions of the campaign will […]
