[…]O’Halloran to an open letter from UCCSU demanding full divestment by UCC from all financial ties to companies that are funding and profiting from the occupation of Palestine and the genocide in Gaza. UCCSU has released a statement in support of the protest and is currently collecting and providing supplies for the students involved, and USI is also supporting and working with the group. Working with USI, UCC BDS has uncovered a number of academic and other ties between UCC and Israel, and the group will protest until UCC commits to fully ending its complicity with Israel, the oppressors of […]
[…]for these services to be reinstated as a matter of urgency – the GMHS is currently only open for returning PrEP patients, leaving no services for other issues affecting gay men and the rest of the LGBTQI+ community and others. While a phased reintroduction of STI services is currently under way, this needs to be sped-up, as access to important sexual health services cannot continue to be denied. At present, GMHS is Ireland’s only dedicated statutory sexual health and wellbeing service for gay and bisexual men, men who have sex with men and the trans population. USI Vice President for Equality and Citizenship, Marie Lyons said: […]
[…]in quality assurance. The VP Equality & Citizenship has been working with BelongTo and the Department of Children and Youth Affairs to organise regional consultations for the LGBTI+ Youth Strategy, which will be the first of it’s kind in the world. IT Sligo Students’ Union hosted the Sligo consultation on Wednesday 10th May, and the next consultations are Dublin (Saturday 13th), Galway (Tuesday 16th), Waterford (Wednesday 17th) and Dundalk (Thursday 18th). If you would like to register for any of these events, please contact Síona on equality@usi.ie asap if you are LGBTI+ and are between 15-24. The VP […]
