On the day USI waves goodbye to its home in Crumlin, we present this new website, which we’re calling 5.01 beta. We hope you like it better than the last one. Our new physical address is: USI Ceann Áras na Mac Léinn Portview House York Road Dublin 4 The roadmap for the site This site is firmly in Beta testing mode – There are whole sections not yet implemented and some surprises coming, but we’re now testing real-life use of the site. In the coming weeks, you’ll see: Direct student consultation A section for each member organisation (MO) Dedicated section for […]
Our friends at Vodafone are offering tickets to this Thursday’s sold-out Strypes gig at Dublin’s Academy. The Strypes provide the music to their new ad spot. If you’d like the chance to win the tickets, just go to our Facebook page, watch the video and tell us on FB where they met that girl. We really can’t make it simpler than that. Terms and Conditions If you don’t like the Terms and Conditions below, please don’t enter the competition. We like good deals for students and we want to make students aware of them. The companies we run competitions for aren’t […]
USI Submission to the Committee on Housing and Homelessness Download the full submisison here: USI Submission to the Oireacthas Committee on Housing and Homelessness 11:5:2016 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Student purpose-built accommodation as a housing issue was predicted in 2007 by the Union of Students in Ireland (USI) which paved the way for a detailed report titled Students in the Private Rental Sector: What Are The Issues? Since this report was published in 2009, there have been no long-term solutions put in place to deter the current crisis, or prevent the crisis from worsening. The Irish economy has shown signs of recovery with […]
