SECOND -
MAKING
Irish Second-level
Students Union Honorary
President, Jane Hayes
Nally, reflects on a year of
proactive involvement in
pressing issues facing the
students of Ireland.
Pictured left; Second-level
students at the #EducationIs
march for publicly-funded
education.
The Irish Second-Level
Students’ Union has had a pretty
wild year, culminating in our
Annual Assembly recently in the
first week of April. While the
school year might be coming to
a close, our work certainly isn’t,
and we’ll be working throughout
exam time and the summer
holidays to provide services,
represent and finally, plan for all
of our activities for the coming
2017-18 academic year.
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We met a lot of (second level
students) at the TY Expo and
Zeminar, and at our Regional
Councils throughout the first
term of school. Due to recently
made changes in our
constitution, we’ll be hosting 11
regional councils next year,
more than ever before, ensuring
we are accessible for all students
and can engage with all of our
student councils.
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We undertook research projects
in our “ISSU’s Tools for
Inclusive Schools”,
“EMPOWER” – forming a Youth
Mental Health Strategy, “I Mo
Thuairim” and our ISSU Drug
Education Seminar events. We
launched the ISSU Students’
Charter for Inclusive Schools
with the help of other youth
organisations and the Minister
of State for Equality,
Immigration and Integration
David Stanton, whilst reports
for our Youth Mental Health
Strategy and “I Mo
Thuairim” (Education through
T Y UPDATE MAY 2017
Irish conference) events are
forthcoming. We hosted our
Drug Education Seminar in the
Mansion House in Dublin and
are working alongside
politicians and policy makers to
ensure an adequate drug
education will be provided for
students in second-level.
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We worked to represent
students during the ongoing
teacher strikes, appearing on
national newspapers and radio,
and speaking on national
television. We are watching
closely to see how this develops
in the coming months – we will
not stop to defend the rights of
our members.
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The fight for publicly funded