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Maurice Dickson
USI is saddened to hear of the passing of Maurice Dickson, former NUS-USI Convenor (1998-1999). Maurice served at a time of great change in Northern Ireland, taking up office less than two months after the passage of the Belfast Agreement in the historic May 22 1998...
USI congratulates Malala Yousafzai on Nobel Prize
For the attention of: Malala Yousafzai Malala Press Enquiries Malala Fund October 2014 Dear Malala, The Union of Students in Ireland and their member organisations wish to extend our most heartfelt congratulations to you on winning the Nobel Peace Prize. We also...
mentaldrinking.ie campaign highlights impact of alcohol on mental health
The Union of Students of Ireland (USI) has today (Wednesday) launched a new campaign that highlights the mental health impact of harmful drinking on young people. The USI’s new resource on alcohol and mental health, mentaldrinking.ie, contains easy-to-understand...
Mumps
The Union of Students in Ireland has urged any students without the Mumps vaccine to immediately make contact with their GP. The call comes after the Health Service Executive revealed a more than trebling of the numbers affected by the illness, which can be very...
Budget 2015 Response
The Union of Students in Ireland has responded to the provisions of Budget 2015 in a report issued on the USI website with the following statement: USI Budget 2015 Response Document USI welcomes the decision not to cut or otherwise amend the student maintenance grant,...
Honouring Teaching Heroes
The Union of Students in Ireland was delighted to be involved in this week's Teaching Hero Awards, held at Dublin Castle. USI President Laura Harmon was on hand with Jan O'Sullivan, minister for Education and Skills, to present the awards and greet recipients along...
Housing shortage will increase college drop out
The President of the Union of Students in Ireland (USI), Laura Harmon, has warned this morning (Thursday) that a combination of a shortfall of purpose-built accommodation for students and the current state of the private rental sector will inevitably lead to students...
FURTHER UPDATED: Gordon Colleary Funeral Arrangements
Colleary (Gordon) – June 17th. Suddenly in Seaford, East Sussex. Surrounded by his loving wife Mairin, sons Barry and Conor, daughter Emma, daughters-in-law Kate and Sarah and four divine grandchildren. Deeply regretted by his siblings, Mary, Ann, Brendan and...
Gordon Colleary
It was with a profound sense of sadness and loss that we learned of the death of Gordon Colleary on 17th June, 2014. Gordon was an inspirational figure in the student movement, whose development of student travel opportunities and USIT (originally Union of Students in...
USI Call on Increased Public Investment in Higher Education
Wednesday, June 11th 2014 Following the publication of the Higher Education Authority (HEA)’s System Performance Report today launched by the Minister for Education and Skills Ruairi Quinn, the Union of Students in Ireland (USI) welcome the positive findings of the...