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Election

Welfare Officer Candidate: Rebecca Tierney

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Interviewed by Sorcha O’Connor Why are you running for election? The main reason I’m running, I feel there’s been a disconnect between the SU and the student body itself. I feel like they’re a little bit unapproachable, that’s it’s become an ‘us versus them’ thing and it’s become a little bit exclusive. I want it to be inclusive for everybody, that if I got elected I … [Read more...] about Welfare Officer Candidate: Rebecca Tierney

#RocktheRegister: NUI Galway Students’ Union register nearly 400 students in voter drive

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With the election of Trump and the matter of Brexit earlier on in 2016, it was good incentive for the NUI Galway Students’ Union (SU) to push for students to register to vote before the next general election. From 14 – 18 November alone, nearly 400 students had been registered by the SU. This push coincides with a nationwide campaign from the Union of Students in Ireland … [Read more...] about #RocktheRegister: NUI Galway Students’ Union register nearly 400 students in voter drive

Eoin Drones: a note on a year of political tumult

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I have said it before and I will say it again: Bernie was our last hope as a species. As Roosevelt famously said: ‘the seeds of fascism are sown in misery and want’. America has been on a downward trajectory since Bush usurped Al Gore in 2000, so it stands to reason that a protest candidate would eventually capitalise on the misery and want created by a presidential tenure as … [Read more...] about Eoin Drones: a note on a year of political tumult