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Students criticise ‘nimby’ opposition to Galway housing development
- Irish News
- August 8, 2017, 21:12
Students in NUI Galway and Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) have criticised residents in the Newcastle area of Galway city for campaigning t(...)

Student unions have warned that the vast majority of college applicants cannot afford newly-built student accommodation. The warning comes as higher (...)

Students from Dublin least likely to get third-level grants
- Education
- August 18, 2015, 01:00
College applicants from Dublin are much less likely to get a student grant for higher education than their counterparts in rural Ireland, latest fi(...)

FF accuses Minister of stalling on student accommodation crisis
- Education
- July 22, 2015, 16:28
Minister for Education Jan O’Sullivan is being urged to act on recommendations from the Higher Education Authority (HEA) to tackle the student accommo(...)

USI reveals new facility to tackle student housing crisis
- Education
- July 8, 2015, 17:35
The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) has updated its website to help third-level students connect with spare rooms across the country. Homeowners u(...)

Why young voters mobilised for same sex marriage
- Politics
- May 23, 2015, 13:05
On a bleak November afternoon, hundreds of students lined up to fill in voter registration forms at a stand in University College Cork (UCC). They smi(...)

USI creates #votermotor campaign for polling station trips
- Politics
- May 20, 2015, 20:09
Voters who are worried about making the journey to the polling station to vote in this Friday’s marriage referendum can put their minds at ease with t(...)

Students union accused of ‘fudge’ on reforming grant system
- Education
- April 22, 2015, 16:20
The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) is urging the department of education to relax the thresholds for accessing student grants to eliminate “inequa(...)

New USI president to campaign for increased State investment
- Education
- March 25, 2015, 17:25
The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) is planning to step up its campaign for greater investment of State funds in higher education ahead of the next(...)

UCD students’ union marks 40th anniversary
- Education
- March 20, 2015, 01:00
Students today are accused of lacking the radicalism of their predecessors but, according to Diarmuid Coogan, who lent his name to one of the most fam(...)