Critical Analysis
Endorsing Catherine Connolly is in the Student Interest
A spectre is haunting the student movement - the spectre of apoliticism.
USI
activism
Addressing the Cost of Living Crisis, and Inequalities in Third-Level Education are a Joint Struggle Facing Young Activists Today
In the midst of the pandemic, and the ensuing global economic crisis in its aftermath, the latent social and economic inequalities that have plagued Ireland, and indeed the wider world, have been heavily accentuated by the onset of a grave cost of living crisis
News
Get Involved! Lessons from the Mass Student strike in Quebec, Irish University Speaking Tour
Interesting little piece from Aidan Rowe on an Irish nationwide university speaking tour of a Canadian speaker from the mass student strikes in Quebec in 2012. If anyone would like to help organising at your university level, or know anyone who would be, link is at the bottom of the
Opinion
Interactive white board skills you say? Where do I sign up?
Padraig McCarrick gives us the lowdown on the new depths to which JobBridge is plummeting to… Last week we saw the JobBridge National Internship Scheme post an ad for a 9 month ‘internship’ for a primary school teacher. The advertisement goes to say that ‘interns’ (read as exploited teacher) will
Opinion
Women’s Officer Kicked Out for Voting Pro-Choice: USI Congress, QUB, & False Mandates
– Aisling Gallagher writes about her recent experience of having her delegate status revoked at USI Congress because she voted for two pro-choice motions. Aisling is Women’s Officer for NUS-USI and a student at Queen’s University Belfast. This post originally appeared on Aisling’s personal blog here. Last week
Summary
Easy (Like a Sunday Morning) 1
In a new departure here’s a round up of the week with added hyperlinks. Hopefully you’ve had a productive morning, well found an Easter egg at least. We’ve had our busiest week so far at the Irish Student Left Online. While we’d love to claim all
Opinion
A bit of a cheeky post
Can a video by itself justify a post? Well we think it can. Champion of getting questions answered Vincent Browne is interviewed by Niall Dunne of Campus Television Network of UCD about the state of student politics. Enjoy!
News
“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 the USI Congress walked out in protest at the fact that they couldn’t speak against a motion that proposed that the Union of Students
News
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 for claims that she voted against her Union’s mandate on abortion services twice. Róisín raises questions about the legitimacy of these
Opinion
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 run down of some things to look out for. Words by Eoin Griffin, inspiration drawn from years of observation. Many thanks to everyone
Opinion
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 student movement in Ireland . It is something of a paradox that leftists – those progressives who fight for a radical restructuring of society – often end up
Opinion
The Nature of Irish Student Politics.
Experienced student activist, Karl Gill, shares his concerns about the future of the Irish student movement. Ireland’s largest student union, University College Dublin Students’ Union, is facing a referendum on affiliation to the Union of Students in Ireland. The call for disaffiliation is becoming extremely popular and increasingly hard