Health union official appointed as new general secretary of ASTI
Linda Kelly to succeed Kieran Christie as head of union representing more than 20,000 secondary teachers
Union Of Students
Irish J1 students: ‘They did actually reject the visa until they could review all my social media’
Demand for visas has remained ‘strong’ despite students’ safety concerns
Sex-for-rent demands in Ireland: ‘You can sleep with me or I’m not going to help you’
Maria’s story is a snapshot of the situations many international students, migrants and women face in Ireland’s ‘precarious’ housing market
After two-year delay, Government announces plan for 42,000 new beds for students
Strategy will allow higher education institutions to make land available for private development through a license system
Almost one-third of young adults approached to become money mules
Amounts involved typically range between €5,000 and €10,000, new estimates show
Where will vital student housing come from?
Like Ireland’s wider housing crisis, there are too few student beds available with little sign of a solution
Irish students’ J1 plans in the Trump era: ‘We said we wouldn’t go ahead. It just isn’t safe’
More than 5,500 J1 summer working visas were issued to Irish students last year
Emigration to Australia is at its highest level for a decade. We need to ask why
Those being pummelled by the cost of rent are living through a form of austerity, their take-home wages and disposable incomes decimated
Trinity gives green light for students to leave lectures to attend national protest
Thousands of students set to walk out of classes to attend national protest over tuition fees and rising costs
Accommodation fraud: ‘I was homeless in a country I’d never been in before with no contacts at all’
Hundreds of people looking for a roof over their heads are scammed each year, and Garda figures show just 30 per cent of victims are Irish, highlighting how vulnerable international students and workers can be
‘Scamwatch’: Threshold urges students to carry out thorough checks before paying rental deposits
Irish Council for International Students research finds more than one in four international students seek accommodation on group chats and social media pages, where scams are more common
Students urged to examine leases ahead of signing of Bill allowing academic term-only tenancies
Malcolm Noonan advises caution ahead of law to be passed on Thursday providing for 41-week agreements
Dáil to debate SF Bill that seeks new protections for students living in digs
Memo to be circulated to Cabinet before Sinn Féin bill reaches debate stage on Tuesday
‘It’s impossible to study this way’: students protest in Dublin to call for housing solution
Long commutes ruin student experience for many locked out of capital’s costly accommodation market
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