[…]Founder, Keith Moore explains how he came up with the idea for Smartvote – “I was frustrated in the last local elections because there was no one place where I could go, to easily compare the 23 candidates running in my constituency. For the first time in my life I didn’t vote. I thought there had to be a better way to make an informed voting decision”. Smartvote was launched this week in the Mansion House, by Darren Ryan, CEO of Social Entrepreneurs Ireland and USI. Smartvote have recently won an award from Social Entrepreneurs Ireland. Out of 15,484 Smartvote […]
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[…]because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together.” The choices made today, will determine the quality of society tomorrow. It is with this in mind, that Migrant Minds Matter is such an invaluable campaign.” USI Vice President for Equality and Citizenship, Marie Lyons said: “Access to education has the power to change a life, the Migrant Minds Matter campaign is striving to break down the barriers to accessing higher education for migrants, asylum seekers, those who are undocumented and all those within the Direct Provision system. Since our foundation, USI has fought to remove barriers to education and make higher education accessible to […]
[…]student accommodation The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) will join DCU Students’ Union today, protesting outside the Leinster House to highlight a 27% rent hike at the Shanowen student accommodation site near DCU. Students are currently pay up to €7,000 for the academic year, with the rent looking to increase to €9,000 starting next term. USI is calling on the Government to introduce legislation to protect students from unfair rent hikes. Speaking ahead of the protest, USI President Michael Kerrigan said, “This spike in rental costs is making student accommodation unaffordable for students, and is pushing them back into […]