[…]in Ireland’s. Representatives of UCD Students’ Union and LGBT youth activists will take part in the demonstration with a congregation of guests comprising of their student peers in support. UCDSU and the Union of Students in Ireland believe that the time has come for equal access to civil marriage in Ireland. This event will reaffirm our commitment to campaigning for equal access to civil marriage in Ireland in the run up to LGBT Noise’s March for Marriage on August 12th which our members will be taking part in. It will also serve as the platform from which USI will launch […]
[…]like seldom before, I am ready to lead the charge and urge the students of Ireland to join me in the pursuit of a quality and affordable education system.” -ENDS- For more information contact USI Media and Communications Executive, Ronan Costello, on 085-1164263 or […]
[…]the Vice President for Welfare alongside Mental Health First Aid Ireland hosted the first of 4 training for student officers in University College Cork. USI secured funding earlier in the year from the HSE to train Officers the necessary skills in how to bets support people with mental health difficulties and distresses. Over 40 Officers were trained and certified. USI warmly welcomes the publication of a book edited by Gráinne Healy, titled Crossing The Threshold which includes a chapter on the student movement’s significant work in building towards Marriage Equality in Ireland, written by former USI President, Laura Harmon. The […]
[…]of a group of younger students trying and failing to tolerate the presence of a mature student in their midst. It is believed the video was intended to be a comedy. Speaking after watching the video, Kevin Donoghue, USI Deputy President said: “This mean-spirited and deeply unfunny video portrays a systematic attempt to exclude a person from the group merely for being different. The fact they chose to show the exclusion of a mature student is almost besides the point – members of any minority group within the student cohort will equally see the mechanisms of exclusion at work here.” […]
[…]the most vulnerable young people in our society. The Senators that many young people voted to retain in the recent Seanad Referendum need to reciprocate this support.” Ronan Burtenshaw from We’re Not Leaving said: “Young people in Ireland are currently in a crisis- youth unemployment around 30% for four years, 26 applicants for every job and around half a million in total emigrated since the recession began the majority of them young. Asking people to live on €100 per week until they are 24 is a kick in the teeth to a generation that is already struggling with joblessness, emigration, […]
