# union-of-students-in-ireland - Thursday 25 July, 2019
The USI says people are ‘taking advantage of the housing crisis and accommodation shortage’.
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# union-of-students-in-ireland - Saturday 5 May, 2018
Some 27,000 students have registered in recent months.
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# union-of-students-in-ireland - Tuesday 6 February, 2018
The USI has said the move will help students who are struggling financially.
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# union-of-students-in-ireland - Tuesday 21 February, 2017
Workers at Tesco Drumcondra have been striking since Friday.
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# union-of-students-in-ireland - Thursday 22 December, 2016
A new campaign aims to raise awareness of the impact of suicide.
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# union-of-students-in-ireland - Wednesday 19 October, 2016
Students are objecting to any consideration of the introduction of a student loan scheme in Ireland.
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# union-of-students-in-ireland - Thursday 18 August, 2016
Tens of thousands of students are looking for accommodation, with the new academic year just around the corner.
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# union-of-students-in-ireland - Tuesday 2 August, 2016
A survey has also shown that 60% of people have had problems getting their deposit returned.
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# union-of-students-in-ireland - Thursday 4 February, 2016
Eligible voters have less than a week left to sign up.
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# union-of-students-in-ireland - Tuesday 2 February, 2016
The USI is launching an awareness campaign after a survey documented the unwanted sexual experiences of college students in Ireland.
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# union-of-students-in-ireland - Sunday 12 July, 2015
These are the most powerful students in the country right now.
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# union-of-students-in-ireland - Monday 22 September, 2014
Irish students trashed the property – breaking walls, doors and light fixtures.
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# union-of-students-in-ireland - Tuesday 26 August, 2014
Deposits are being paid to fraudsters for non-existent properties.
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# union-of-students-in-ireland - Monday 9 June, 2014
Union president Joe O’Connor said that schemes such as JobBridge had led to “a very, very employer friendly market”.
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# union-of-students-in-ireland - Saturday 12 April, 2014
The protest is being organised by the youth committees of a number of unions with two MEP hopefuls involved.
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# union-of-students-in-ireland - Thursday 27 February, 2014
Dublin City University’s third referendum in four years on membership of the Union of Students in Ireland was passed.
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# union-of-students-in-ireland - Monday 10 February, 2014
As part of the union’s safe sex campaign, students will also be dazzled by the world’s only sexual health magician and can attend workshops by ‘Dr Sex’.
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# union-of-students-in-ireland - Tuesday 28 January, 2014
The USI’s proposal for the Irish Water logo shows how it values the design profession in Ireland – and represents a race to the bottom philosophy that undercuts true worth of creative work, write students Emma Grattan and Derek Doyle.
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# union-of-students-in-ireland - Monday 25 November, 2013
The national students’ union will no longer partner with drinkaware.ie and plans to work with “other bodies not funded by a self-regulating drinks industry”.
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# union-of-students-in-ireland - Wednesday 6 November, 2013
Answers on a postcard, please.
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# union-of-students-in-ireland - Tuesday 1 October, 2013
The protests come as the USI attempt to mobilise a voting block of 50,000 students in a database by the local and European elections next year.
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# union-of-students-in-ireland - Sunday 28 July, 2013
The Ombudsman was investigating complaints about the behaviour of four gardaí at the protest in 2010.
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# 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 Ruairí 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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