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Students struggle to stay afloat in cost-of-living storm
By Aoife Coppinger On 13 October, the Union of Students in Ireland (USI), has called for a walkout…
Maynooth student centre: We were robbed – what should we do about the €150 levy?
Text of Socialist Party leaflet given out at today’s protest organised by Maynooth University Students Union In 1999,…
Student accommodation: Another year, another dire crisis
By Brandon Byrne The housing crisis has reached depressing new lows with the Department of Housing reporting at…
Oppose Government plans to hold the Junior and Leaving Certs
By Michael O’Brien The high handed approach of the Department of Education and Science in their proposals for…
#TeachDontPreach: Protests demand proper sex education
By Andrea Murray On May 28, parents of children who attend Castleknock Educate Together National School staged a…
Eurozone time-bomb
By Lynn Walsh, article from Socialism Today Mired in recession, the eurozone is haunted by the spectre of…
Monaghan school students plan walkout against Taoiseach visit
ast Friday, 6 February, a number of senior students from the Irish-medium secondary school, Colaiste Oiriall, in Co. Monaghan were denied the right to peacefully protest.
Defending access to third level as a universal right
As part of a genuinely free and accessible education system, from pre-primary to fourth level, the student grant system should be open to all students, regardless of means.
Protest Against Cuts to SNAs
A protest is being organised by the Alliance Against Cuts in Education (ACE) on September 14th at 4pm outside the Dail, to protest the cuts in SNAs and Resource Teachers.
Protest the Special Needs Cuts in Education
With hundreds of Special Needs Assistant positions being cut, and a 10% cut in the number of resource teachers, parents, teachers and Special Needs Assitants across the country are now getting organised to fight back.
