USI disassociate from Catholic crisis pregnancy support agency Cura Today, the Union of Students in Ireland (USI) announced it is disassociating itself from Cura, the Catholic crisis pregnancy support agency, because of a failure to provide ‘full support’ for pregnant people when it comes to abortion and abortion support. Speaking about the move away from Cura, USI President Michael Kerrigan said: “Cura only provides two options during pregnancy counselling, which can cause unnecessary pressure and lack of knowledge for people to make an informed choice about what to do in an unplanned pregnancy. “Cura does not provide contact details for […]
[…]access to civil marriage in the Republic of Ireland. I very much hope that Equal Marriage can be delivered across Ireland, both north and south as soon as possible. “Equality for everyone is vital, and student movements across the island of Ireland have, and will continue to have, a key role in working to try and deliver equality.” Notes to Editor: 1) Young people are above the national average when in comes to supporting equal access to civil marriage. In the academic year 2013-2014, three Students’ Unions (Trinity College Dublin, NUI Galway and IT Tralee) held referenda on this issue and […]
[…]and the trans population. USI Vice President for Equality and Citizenship, Marie Lyons said: “Today marks 386 days that the Gay Men’s’ Health Service has been closed. That’s 386 days with no access to STI testing, 386 days of no access to PEP and PrEP, 386 days of no access to HIV Prevention, 386 days of no access to vaccines and 386 days of no access to counselling – this cannot continue.” “The reopening of the GMHS clinic is vital as almost 12,000 gay and bisexual men and trans people availed of testing, treatment, vaccination and prevention services at the clinic last […]
[…]and staff are bearing the brunt of these cuts and that is highlighted in the report released today.” USI President, Kevin Donoghue, said. “The reality is that a career in academia is becoming less and less attractive. Young people in particular are being exploited as new entrants but I think all staff has been put under enormous pressure in recent years. In many ways, I admire the academic staff for the incredible work they do considering the situation they have been handed.” USI identified the issue of precarious work practices in the sector as part of their general election manifesto […]
