[…]screenings are available in health clinics across campuses and from local GPs. There are also free rapid HIV testing in locations such as Panti Bar in Dublin; GOSHH in Limerick, Chambers nightclub in Cork and a walk-in clinic in UCH Galway. STI screenings only take five minutes and are essential for a healthy sex life.” Robbie Lawlor is a student from DCU living with HIV, leading the Operation Zero campaign emphasising the importance of de-stigmatising HIV – “As someone living with HIV in Ireland it’s very easy to live in deafening silence.” Robbie Lawlor said. “HIV is something […]
[…]screenings are available in health clinics across campuses and from local GPs. There are also free rapid HIV testing in locations such as Panti Bar in Dublin; GOSHH in Limerick, Chambers nightclub in Cork and a walk-in clinic in UCH Galway. STI screenings only take five minutes and are essential for a healthy sex life.” Robbie Lawlor is a student from DCU living with HIV, leading the Operation Zero campaign emphasising the importance of de-stigmatising HIV – “As someone living with HIV in Ireland it’s very easy to live in deafening silence.” Robbie Lawlor said. “HIV is something […]
[…]Megan Reilly explained that the archive seeks to recognise part of the vital and pivotal force for social justice in Ireland the student movement has been. She said: “This archive is just a small snippet of the energy and dedication the student movement devoted to the Marriage Equality Referendum. With this archive, we honour and recognise the work done by students and student officers, who organised and challenged, who knocked on doors and stood up in front of their peers to bravely tell their stories. It was a once in a generation opportunity to change Ireland forever, and the student movement […]
[…]referendum in Ireland, students have become aware that they can change the world through politics by becoming actively, meaningfully and substantially involved throughout political parties and beyond. Today’s youth engagement is not indifferent to politics – it is simply different to previous generations. Today’s students don’t absorb the propaganda-influenced media. They see through the heavily-edited, scripted politicians. They reject injustice and inequality. A century ago, Ireland was going through a revolution and a unity achieved between socialism and nationalism in 1916 was being forged, while other political philosophies were endorsed and promoted, like feminism, by the likes of Maud Gonne […]
