“Go Home UCD SU, You’re Drunk”
More controversy from Congress: UCD walk off congress floor in pro-austerity direct action campaign launch, Joseph Loughnane gives us the lowdown… The UCD delegation to …
Controversy at congress: NUS-USI Womens’ Officer removed from QUB delegation for voting against “mandate”
Róisín Jackman of Queen’s University Belfast writes about the controversy surrounding the removal of QUB Students’ Union delegate Aisling Gallagher, The NUS-USI Womens’ Officer, from her delegation …
Representin’
How’s your congress going? Or did you ever wonder what goes on at USI congress? Well you probably didn’t but ISLO gives you a quick …
‘Are ya well?’
Fiona Dunkin makes her debut for the blog with a feature on the nasty prevalence of street harassment in Irish society. This piece originally appeared here in the College …
A Cry for Humanity
Is our world doomed to inevitable failure, regression and disorder? In the following piece, Adam Loughnane discusses… Our World is one of rampant corruption and of unmitigated …
Gilmore Declines to Dine with Bigots; Everyone Thinks He’s God’s Gift to Women
– Sarah McCarthy writes about Eamon Gilmore’s recent refusal to attend an males-only dinner in the US. On his St. Patrick’s Day trip to the …
The long march through USI: UCD Disaffiliation and beyond
– Aidan Rowe discusses UCD’s Disaffiliation from the Union of Students of Ireland, its implications for the student movement, and whether there actually is a …
Time to Stand up to Discrimination
– Joseph Loughnane on the rise in discrimination in Ireland during the recession. (Originally posted on the Irish Left Review) Over the past month we …
The X Case: an Entire Generation of Failure
– Sarah McCarthy writes about that momentous moment in Ireland’s abortion history. Twenty-one years ago, this cartoon appeared on the front page of the Irish …
Promises We Cannot Keep
In his debut for the ISLO Robert Nielsen goes through the bizarre and tragic nature of the recent “deal” on the Promissory Notes. Robert blogs …