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Catherine Healy meets Laura Harmon, president of the Union of Students in Ireland (USI), to talk strategy, resistance and what it means to be the first female head of the student movement in 20 years.Q. You’ve called the first …
Dublin rent hikes will have an impact on students’ grades and mental health, SU president Domhnall McGlacken-Byrne has warned.
Writing in the foreword to a Daft.ie report released today, he said that time spent commuting or working part-time to save …
The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) has launched a new student accommodation website that allows homeowners to list spare rooms and apartments for rent.
It says that the 13% increase in the cost of campus accommodation and student grant …
Elaine McCahill
Editor
Over 700 student and graduate nurses were among those who attended a demonstration held today at St. Steeven’s Hospital, opposite Heuston Station, Dublin. The demonstration was held in protest against the working conditions and payment of nurses …
James Wilson
Staff Writer
Members of Trinity’s Cumann Gaelach society joined Irish speakers from across Dublin today at a protest outside Leinster House over the issue of Irish language rights. The demonstration, which was jointly organised by the Union of …
Lia Flattery
Staff Writer
The Rape Crisis Network of Ireland (RCNI) has issued a statement in support of the Union of Students in Ireland’s decision to drop its association with drinkaware.ie.
In a statement to Trinity News, RCNI director, Fiona …
InDepth Editor
What is the role of the student? How are we perceived? What do we expect of ourselves? We’re drunk and loud on Harcourt Street at three in the morning. We’re discussing Montaigne in Walter Mitty’s over …
Catherine Healy
News Editor
Almost one-fifth of female students in Ireland have been subjected to unwanted sexual contact, according to a new study launched today by the Union of Students in Ireland (USI) and the National Office for the Prevention …