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		<title>USI Membership: What Does it Mean, and Why Should We Care?  </title>
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					<description><![CDATA[For over three decades, UCDSU has had a turbulent relationship with the Union of Students in Ireland (USI). We’ve joined, left, rejoined, and left again. Now, in 2025, we’re once again being asked to vote on whether UCDSU should re-affiliate with USI, adding yet another chapter to UCDSU’s ongoing USI-themed ‘hokey-cokey.’ For many students, the [&#8230;]
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		<title>Turning a Corner? Student Issues Set to be Addressed by Government with New Multi-Year Plan</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Third-level students across Ireland are shocked that they may not be forgotten this time. However, the release of the 2025 Draft Programme for Government, which sets out what the government is committed to delivering over the next five years, makes one thing certain: The government plans to secure Ireland&#8217;s future by investing more in education [&#8230;]
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