# union-of-students-in-ireland - Wednesday 3 April, 2013
USI wants a ‘significant investment’ in youth job creation – but younger people are also less likely to have pressures like mortgages.
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Latest figures have shown that 30.8 per cent of those under 25 years of age are now unemployed.
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# union-of-students-in-ireland - Thursday 28 March, 2013
The DCU Students’ Union has declared a referendum re-affiliating to the Union of Students’ in Ireland null and void prompting criticism from USI president John Logue.
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# union-of-students-in-ireland - Wednesday 27 March, 2013
The USI said Joe O’Connor has firsthand experience with the college grant system which will help him represent struggling students.
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# union-of-students-in-ireland - Wednesday 27 February, 2013
UCD students vote to disaffiliate from the Union of Students in Ireland, in a major blow to the national umbrella union.
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# union-of-students-in-ireland - Monday 11 February, 2013
The response from the USI comes after a tender by UCD for the “collection of outstanding monies”.
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# union-of-students-in-ireland - Monday 7 January, 2013
The Union of Students in Ireland says students are going to college hungry – while one college has set up a soup kitchen for students who can’t afford food.
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# union-of-students-in-ireland - Wednesday 5 December, 2012
The Government has announced plans to introduce a €250 hike in college fees and a reduction in the income threshold for those eligible for maintenance grants.
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# union-of-students-in-ireland - Sunday 18 November, 2012
John Logue said the union advocated for a Yes vote and that thousands of students were unable to return home to vote as they were awaiting grant payments.
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# union-of-students-in-ireland - Saturday 17 November, 2012
The Union of Students in Ireland has been criticised by Fine Gael TD Alan Farrell in the wake of the low turnout in the children’s referendum last weekend.
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# union-of-students-in-ireland - Thursday 15 November, 2012
John Logue was arrested in the Dáil visitors’ gallery last night but was later released without charge.
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# union-of-students-in-ireland - Wednesday 14 November, 2012
Between 1,500 and 2,000 students protested in Galway today in the run up to next month’s budget.
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# union-of-students-in-ireland - Monday 12 November, 2012
The group intended to block Minister Ruairà Quinn as he tried to depart IT Tallaght.
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# union-of-students-in-ireland - Wednesday 31 October, 2012
The site features information on the cost of college and encourages students, parents and businesspeople to contact their local politicians to voice their opposition to fees and cuts.
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# union-of-students-in-ireland - Thursday 24 May, 2012
The Higher Education Authority says surging demands on the education system could mean fees could be doubled or more.
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# union-of-students-in-ireland - Wednesday 23 May, 2012
The union’s members have voted in favour of maintaining the USI’s current position in campaigning for fully Exchequer-funded fees.
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The Union of Students in Ireland will hold a special congress following a week-long online vote choosing five options.
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# union-of-students-in-ireland - Monday 14 May, 2012
The Union of Students in Ireland will ballot its members nationwide on whether to change their ‘free fees’ policy.
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# union-of-students-in-ireland - Wednesday 25 April, 2012
Students whose grants were reformed last year are told the State’s economic problems trump their legitimate expectations.
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# union-of-students-in-ireland - Tuesday 3 April, 2012
The Union of Students in Ireland will hold a one-off special congress to decide whether to support other forms of funding.
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# union-of-students-in-ireland - Monday 20 February, 2012
The High Court will hear arguments from students who say they had a legitimate expectation their grants would not be cut.
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# union-of-students-in-ireland - Monday 13 February, 2012
HSE Crisis Pregnancy Programme acting director says that 18-24-year-old know the importance of contraception – but fail to use it consistently.
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# union-of-students-in-ireland - Monday 5 December, 2011
The increase will have a serious impact on families across the country, the Union of Students in Ireland has warned.
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# union-of-students-in-ireland - Thursday 17 November, 2011
A student group affiliated to the Occupy movement claims USI and Gardaà combined to stop them from joining yesterday’s rally.
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# union-of-students-in-ireland - Wednesday 16 November, 2011
Neither side is helping in the debate around college fees – and young people are the losers, writes former student union official Ian Power.
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A march is to take place in Dublin today where students and families will descend on Government buildings to protest against the possible re-introduction of third-level fees.
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# union-of-students-in-ireland - Sunday 13 November, 2011
Catch up on the day’s main stories, as well as the bits and pieces you may have missed…
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# union-of-students-in-ireland - Tuesday 8 November, 2011
Ruairà Quinn is set to receive a report outlining the need for student numbers to be capped in order to avoid the return of fees.
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# union-of-students-in-ireland - Sunday 9 October, 2011
There is still a significant stigma around mental health issues in Ireland, according to new research.
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# union-of-students-in-ireland - Friday 7 October, 2011
The Union of Students in Ireland is seeking a judicial review into changes of the third-level grants system.
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# union-of-students-in-ireland - Monday 19 September, 2011
The Union of Students in Ireland has hailed the establishment of a central appeals board by minister Ruairà Quinn.
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# union-of-students-in-ireland - Wednesday 17 August, 2011
Students under 21 are warned not to doctor their passports, after a number of Irish are caught falsifying their documents.
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# union-of-students-in-ireland - Wednesday 10 August, 2011
Research commission by AIB shows that the average student’s weekly disposable income has fallen by 36 per cent since 2009.
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# union-of-students-in-ireland - Monday 18 July, 2011
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock
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The Union of Students in Ireland says students could not have expected grants to be slashed by up to 60 per cent.
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# union-of-students-in-ireland - Friday 25 February, 2011
A registration drive in Trinity College Dublin collected hundreds of new voters in Dublin City – but they didn’t get to vote.
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# union-of-students-in-ireland - Monday 14 February, 2011
Five things you need to know: No Valentine for Merkel from Enda, McWilliams regrets opening the door to Brian Lenihan (literally), and a dash to hospital for a Grammy reporter.
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# union-of-students-in-ireland - Tuesday 9 November, 2010
The volume of complaints over Garda behaviour doubles in two days as footage continues to circulate online.
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# union-of-students-in-ireland - Thursday 4 November, 2010
Gardaà clash with violent protesters after 40,000 take to the streets in protest at higher registration fees.
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# union-of-students-in-ireland - Wednesday 3 November, 2010
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