[…]that Students’ Unions all over Ireland have directly registered 26,979 new student voters in the in the lead up to the referendum to remove the Eighth Amendment. Speaking about the voter registration drives, USI President Michael Kerrigan said: “We’re not surprised to see so many new students registering to vote, it’s clear students want to vote on this issue. Our campaign is all about ensuring students are registered to vote and encouraging them to vote ‘Yes’ on May 25th to remove the Eighth Amendment for a more caring and compassionate Ireland. We have already registered over 18,000 students in semester […]
[…]campaign in collaboration with the HSE Sexual Health and Crisis Pregnancy Programme today, 12th February 2018. The campaign will be rolled out in campuses across Ireland over Valentines week, with the tagline of ‘Are You Getting It?’ If you’re getting it, then you’re getting STI information and testing, getting contraception advice and getting consent. Speaking ahead of the launch, USI President Michael Kerrigan said, “This year, we’re asking students ‘are you getting it?’ when it comes to STI tests and consent. It’s important that every student who’s sexually active look after their own sexual health. This means getting tested regularly, using […]
[…]for the upcoming season, and will not stand by while any students are excluded from playing the sport they love. USI President, Beth O’Reilly said: “USI has been in touch with both the IRFU and SSI to get clarity on what this decision means for college sport. We are disgusted by this announcement on every level, but when it comes to college sport and the affect it might have on students, we will not accept it and will do everything in our power to have such a move stopped. We have been in touch with our Students’ Union members and are currently […]
[…]on abortion services and as a result it does not give full support for pregnant people or their partners. USI will be cutting all ties from now on until Cura faces the reality that abortions happen in Ireland, and that people need support here at home before, during and after an abortion.” USI will ensure that all information disseminated from USI is from organisations that provide all options to those seeking counsel on information relating to pregnancy like the Irish Family Planning Association. USI and its member will not disseminate Cura information in any USI materials or campaigns relating to […]
[…]at €2,250. Both his parents are working, his mother has three jobs, and yet they still can’t gather the €5,000 necessary to send both Patrick and his sister to college this September. His argument is simple and it’s one that USI has echoed over the years: If the Government makes third level education financially prohibitive to Leaving Cert students then less of them will go to college and Ireland’s workforce will become unskilled, uneducated and uncompetitive. Unemployment will increase and Ireland will, as a society, regress. Essentially, cutting investment in education and making it more difficult to attain a third […]
