16/05/2024 11:00 am - 3:00 pm Comhairle Náisiúnta May 2024 TUS Midwest, Limerick […]
[…]management is punishing students for caring about the university’s complicity in genocide and about current and future students who cannot afford to pay high rents or more fees and are essentially being sent the message that third-level is not for them. “By continually underfunding third-level institutions, the Government has forced colleges to act like private businesses. The college is now trying to push the Students’ Union out of existence, but students will not allow this to happen. USI is proud of how the Students’ Union and Trinity students are standing up to these tactics and we will continue to give […]
[…]of the National Students Action Group, including students from a number of universities and colleges and the Union of Students in Ireland, are currently occupying the Department of Finance demanding to deliver a letter directly to Minister Michael McGrath or Minister Paschal Donohoe. The letter outlines the terrible conditions that many students are currently facing and says that the group is taking direct action against Government due to the rise in youth homelessness and lack of welfare and financial supports for students in third level education. The group is led by students from Trinity College, TU Dublin, Maynooth University, DCU, […]
[…]are unclear on the priorities of students: a complete overhaul of the student accommodation system and construction of affordable student accommodation, permanently abolishing the Student Contribution Charge from Budget 2025 and a robust plan for a state-funded solution to the national housing crisis.” As USI has said before, a lack of action on these issues will directly impact how USI campaigns in the next general election and our message to this Government is loud and clear: Change or be […]