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USI makes submission to the Low Pay Commission on the Hospitality Sector
The Union of Students in Ireland has made a submission to the Low Pay Commission on the Hospitality Sector. The detailed report is based on original research conducted by USI and lays out how students working in Hospitality experience their work, pay and conditions....
USI condemns TCD attempt to break international & postgrad fees agreement
The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) is deeply concerned that senior management in Trinity College Dublin may have reneged on an agreement with their Students’ Union that guaranteed that international non-EU and postgraduate multi-year fees would not rise. The...
USI demands end to rent hikes for students
USI is supporting Sinn Féin Bill giving students living in student specific accommodation the full protection of the Residential Tenancies Acts The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) is supporting the Sinn Féin Bill giving students living in student specific...
USI disassociates from Cura
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...
USI launches poster campaign
USI urging tens of thousands of students to get home this weekend for final campaign push The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) is today launching four new posters as part of the national student-led campaign to remove the Eighth Amendment from the Constitution. The...
USI supporting student-led ‘super Yes canvass’
Today, the Union of Students in Ireland (USI) is supporting the Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU) large-scale ‘super Yes canvass' of Dublin today from 12pm to 6pm across key locations all over the city. The canvass comes as part of the final push...
UK campaign launched to get Irish students home to vote
With just two weeks left until polling day on May 25th, travel bursaries have been made available for Irish students to travel home The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) welcomes the UK wide ‘Home to V8te’ campaign from NUS-UK alongside NUS-USI to campaign for...
All-Island Civic Dialogue – USI Address
Oisín Hassan, USI Vice President for Academic Affairs. All-Island Civic Dialogue on Brexit. Mon, April 30th 2018 - Dundalk Institute of Technology. "My name’s Oisín Hassan, and I’m the Vice President for Academic Affairs with the Union of Students in Ireland. USI...
Almost 27,000 students register to vote
“We expect this number to rise. We’re not finished yet” says USI President The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) today announced that Students’ Unions all over Ireland have directly registered 26,979 new student voters in the in the lead up to the referendum to...
Get Registered Before May 8th
Stop right there. Before you even consider reading on, or printing off or scribbling on any RFA1 or RFA-whats-it forms get onto www.checktheregister.ie and check if you are registered to vote or if you are, if you are still on the register and where you are able to...