Press Release Tuesday, March 19, 2013 For Immediate Publication The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) has made a submission to the Constitutional Convention on equal access to civil marriage in Ireland. The submission is a comprehensive document outlining USI’s position in favour of marriage equality in Ireland. It also contains personal testimonies from students about what it was like to ‘come out’ and why marriage equality is important to them. In her contribution to the submission, recently graduated Louise* talks about the inherent inequality that meets young people when they identify themselves as LGBT: “I truly believe that the […]
Conradh na Gaeilge and the Union of Students in Ireland (USI) are looking for language rights and equality for Irish speakers from the Government this Christmas.*Seán Ó Cuirreáin, An Coimisinéir Teanga, announced his early resignation last week (4 December 2013) due to the continuous marginalisation of the Irish language in the public administration system and the inadequate implementation of statutory language schemes by public bodies; in the wake of this shock announcement, Conradh na Gaeilge and USI are calling on the Government to urgently address the concerns of An Coimisinéir Teanga in upholding the right of citizens to use Irish […]
General: Nominations for the USI officer board elections are closed. For information on candidates, click here. Nominations for the Student Achievement Awards Ireland 2017 are now open. Click here for more information and to enter. USI held a Student Summit pitch competition in Belfast with student start-up Bellamoon going to the final round to win €3,000. Policy and Campaigns: The USI are the only group representing students and young people to have been asked to present to the Citizens’ Assembly on March 5th. This week, our VP Equality & the USI President presented the assembly with a paper, and are preparing further material for the […]
The Students for Marriage Equality Archive // Cartlann Mhic Lénn ar son an Chomhionannas Pósta It has long been recognised that the student movement has been a vital and pivotal force for social justice in Ireland. When it came to the Marriage Equality Referendum of 2015, students and student officers understood that this was a once in a lifetime opportunity. There are a million different ways you could tell the story of Marriage Equality in Ireland. When reflecting on the five year passing of the referendum, we knew the student movement had some incredible stories to share. So we put […]
