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# grants - Friday 3 May, 2013
Fears of repeat delays to grants as SUSI retains a fraction of staff
Sinn Féin’s Jonathan O’Brien says keeping more of last year’s staff would help to avoid a repeat of 2012’s chronic delays.
# grants - Monday 15 April, 2013
Column: I cried when I heard about the mobility allowance cut – I can’t take any more
The mobility grant gave me and my husband the chance to lead independent lives, with dignity, writes Miriam Murphy, who says this government are chipping away at the help for people with disabilities.
# grants - Thursday 28 March, 2013
‘There’s no shortage of money there’ – Colin Griffin on Irish Sports Council funding
The two-time Olympic race walker is weighing up his next move after missing out on a grant for 2013.
# grants - Wednesday 27 March, 2013
Roscommon native elected as new USI President
The USI said Joe O’Connor has firsthand experience with the college grant system which will help him represent struggling students.
# grants - Friday 22 March, 2013
Remember Jerry Kiernan’s anti-GAA rant? Here’s more of the same — from 1988
At least he’s consistent.
# grants - Friday 1 March, 2013
Six months into year, 14pc of SUSI applicants still without grants
Nearly 10,000 students have either been approved a grant but not yet paid, or have applications still being processed.
# grants - Sunday 20 January, 2013
Student grant backlog almost cleared (but 21k told applications were incomplete)
New figures show SUSI is onow dealing with just 619 applications, down from a high of 55,000.
# grants - Monday 14 January, 2013
PICS: Students’ unions hand out food bags as grant crisis continues
The union at Galway-Mayo IT is handing out bags of food to hard-up students as SUSI continues catching up on grant payments.
# grants - Wednesday 9 January, 2013
Minister gives extra €3 million to fund to assist students
The money is to be used by third level students facing financial hardship, and comes as some students are still waiting for grants.
# grants - Monday 7 January, 2013
Struggling students given food boxes as 5,500 still wait for grant
The Union of Students in Ireland says students are going to college hungry – while one college has set up a soup kitchen for students who can’t afford food.
# grants - Monday 17 December, 2012
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Calls for independent student grant appeals system
Fianna Fáil’s Seán Fleming said that the office of the Ombudsman currently does not cover the student grant processing.
# grants - Tuesday 11 December, 2012
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# grants - Monday 26 November, 2012
Coveney announces €32m in grants for agri-food and forest research
The Minister said this publicly funded research would ultimately make a positive contribution to the government’s Action Plan for Jobs.
# grants - Wednesday 21 November, 2012
GAA/GPA player grants scheme facing potential cuts
Minister of State for Tourism and Sport Michael Ring revealed yesterday that he is anxious for a new deal to brokered to assist inter-county stars.
# grants - Thursday 15 November, 2012
USI President released following arrest in the Dáil
John Logue was arrested in the Dáil visitors’ gallery last night but was later released without charge.
# grants - Wednesday 14 November, 2012
Extra staff in place to tackle student grant backlog
CEO of SUSI, Jacinta Stewart said over 66,000 applications were received by the online system.
# grants - Tuesday 13 November, 2012
Committee to probe giant backlog in student grant applications
Around 48,000 students are still waiting for their grant applications to be processed. Ruairà Quinn has said the delay is “not satisfactory”.
# grants - Thursday 8 November, 2012
Some 48,000 student grant applications still to be completed
Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore confirmed in the Dáil today that just 27 per cent of the 66,000 applications received have been completed so far.
# grants - Wednesday 31 October, 2012
Student union launches campaign site targeting TDs and Senators
The site features information on the cost of college and encourages students, parents and businesspeople to contact their local politicians to voice their opposition to fees and cuts.
# grants - Thursday 11 October, 2012
Charlie Haughey drama trilogy gets major chunk of €4.5m BAI funding
Trilogy charting Ireland through Charlie Haughey for RTÉ gets €1m funding and TG4 crime drama Corp + Anam lands €775k of the pot.
# grants - Thursday 4 October, 2012
€2.6 million in sports equipment grants approved
Minister of State Michael Ring said he hoped the equipment grants would boost participation in sport.
# grants - Tuesday 18 September, 2012
Hogan supports councils linking college grants to Household Charge
The Minister for the Environment says delaying grant payments was not his idea, but is an understandable council policy.
Poll: Should grant holders have to prove payment of the household charge?
Do you think Clare County Council is right to demand students provide proof of payment of the household charge before they receive grants?
# grants - Saturday 25 August, 2012
Column: Tantrums, taunts & bills – the struggle of sending kids back to school
Lesley Anderson, a single mother of two children, tells her story about the difficulties she faces meeting the ‘back to school’ costs.
# grants - Tuesday 14 August, 2012
The 9 at 9: Tuesday
The nine stories you need to know this morning.
# grants - Tuesday 12 June, 2012
New online grant system introduced for students
Minister for Education Ruairi Quinn urged students to apply for grants early this year.
# grants - Monday 28 May, 2012
Students to take appeal against grant reforms to the Supreme Court
One of the three students who sought the original judicial review has since dropped out of college due to grant reforms and is planning to emigrate.
# grants - Thursday 3 May, 2012
Hogan rules out extension to household charge registrations
“Everybody knew what the deadline was,” says the environment minister.
# grants - Saturday 28 April, 2012
Less than a million properties registered for household charge
Nearly a month after the deadline for the €100 tax, the government is still some way off its target of raising €160 million to fund local authorities.
# grants - Friday 27 April, 2012
€3.7m in grants for horticultural producers
Dept of Agriculture says the grant will assist 152 producers in accessing specialist equipment and facilities for their business.
# grants - Wednesday 25 April, 2012
High Court dismisses students’ appeal against third-level grant reforms
Students whose grants were reformed last year are told the State’s economic problems trump their legitimate expectations.
# grants - Monday 20 February, 2012
High Court to hear arguments on reversing changes to college grants
The High Court will hear arguments from students who say they had a legitimate expectation their grants would not be cut.
The 9 at 9: Monday
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# grants - Saturday 28 January, 2012
Column: Why are Ireland’s top athletes struggling to make ends meet?
Olympic hopeful Ciarán Ó Lionáird is one of many Irish athletes under financial pressure. It’s not easy, but nothing can stop him from reaching his goal in London this summer, he writes.
# grants - Monday 5 December, 2011
Student protesters target third FG TD’s office
Eoghan Murphy TD’s office in Ranelagh, Dublin is being occupied by students protesting against third-level grant cuts and increased fees.
# grants - Saturday 3 December, 2011
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# grants - Monday 21 November, 2011
Quinn refuses to rule out blanket cull of postgraduate grants
Ruairà Quinn admits the Budget will be so tough that a blanket cut to postgraduate student grants “cannot be ruled out”.
# grants - Friday 7 October, 2011
State given three weeks to file defence in review of college grants
The Union of Students in Ireland is seeking a judicial review into changes of the third-level grants system.
# grants - Monday 19 September, 2011
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