[…]becomes infected. “We are asking the National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET), the Minister for Health and the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government to ensure access to testing, effective contact tracing and proper accommodation arrangements to address the health needs of those in overcrowded […]
[…]fees by €1,500 now and introduce a plan to abolish fees over the next few years Free public transport for all […]
[…]to live on €232,000. Dr Murphy is the highest paid university President in the country. His comments come after a Deloitte and Touche report detailed the spending splurge of former WIT President Kieran Byrne and the comments of Dr Ed Walsh, founding President of UL, on Prime Time, who dismissed examples of overspending in the sector as ‘red herrings’. Writing in the Sunday Independent, Labour Party MEP Nessa Childers said, “[Labour’s] mandate with [its] members and the public is being stretched to breaking point.” She wrote of the need to discard the orthodoxy of austerity and urged parliamentarians to demand that […]
[…]The Y Factor Coordinator with NWCI said: “The Y Factor was set up to empower young people to become advocates for gender equality and connect and support young women’s organisations tackling gender inequality. We have seen the burgeoning of feminist societies within third level education all over Ireland in the past few years. It’s important for them to feel they are not alone in tackling inequality in their universities and The Y Factor and the USI are delighted to have an opportunity to bring them and the LGBTQ and Pro Choice societies together and create positive energy for better campuses for everyone.” […]
[…]support and promote the public health advice. As most college activity will now take place online for the coming weeks, and with the risk of that period being extended, Government must act immediately to protect and support student renters. Exactly one month ago today, USI called on Government to introduce six emergency provisions to ensure student renters were not hit by a repeat of what happened in March when colleges and universities closed and deposits and prepaid rent were not returned and students had to fight for on-campus accommodation to be refunded. Now we are just three days before many colleges […]
