[…]ahead this week. She said: “Congress is a really important week for the student movement in Ireland and the USI. We bring over 300 student leaders together to elect the executive, debate policy and plan our programme of work for the year ahead. It shapes everything we do as a union. “We continue to work hard on exploring other platforms that we can use to ensure this important work takes place. We will say more about that when the elements are tied down in order to allow it to be as democratic as possible. Our democratic structures are extremely important […]
[…]assisting people living with HIV. Yesterday, the MSM blood ban was removed across England, Scotland and Wales. We need this discriminatory ban to be scrapped in Ireland and Northern Ireland also in order to address the HIV-related stigma and shame faced by many people. We support HIV Ireland and other organisations working to end the spread of HIV and HIV-related stigma. We can end new HIV transmissions and we can get to zero by 2030. It is important to get tested and know your status and through effective HIV treatment or medication resulting in an undetectable viral load the risk […]
[…]Donoghue said the fall in available accommodation was forcing students to commute longer and longer distances and, in some cases, choose their course based on whether they would be able to find and afford accommodation. He pointed to figures from the Irish League of Credit Unions, which found 62% of students are living at home compared to 44% in 2013. When that is aligned to figures which show the number of people getting non-adjacent student grants for going to college more than 45km from their home address, it would appear many are choosing to commute long distance but […]
[…]but the key to keeping young people safe is through education. “We need to recognise that drug use happens and young people experiment.” Kevin Donoghue, USI President, said, “We need to ensure that young people are being educated on the risks in a way that is relative to them. That is how we keep them safe – by arming them with information. The ‘just say no’ campaign simply doesn’t work. Young people don’t connect with it. We are urging students to stay away from the 2CB drug because it can have serious side effects, both psychologically and physically, such as […]
[…]are treating students like pawns to fill a gap left by the Government. ” In previous USI National Demonstrations, crowds of over 20,000 students have gathered to demand change from the Government. Students will march from the Garden of Remembrance to Merrion Square South where USI President, Lorna Fitzpatrick alongside Kevin Donohoe Chair of the Coalition for Publicly Funded Education, Ciara Fanning President of the Irish Second Level Students’ Union [ISSU] ad students who have been affected by the barriers to education will address the […]
