Since 2013, some UCD students have expressed a desire to be able to give up membership of their Students’ Union and one student in fact did leave.This stemmed from the union’s pro-choice stance on abortion, with some students not happy for this stance to be taken for them. It now seems that some Trinity students are considering a similar course of action. The question is thus: should students automatically be members of the union at all? Or should students be able to leave their union? The answer most in accordance with law would appear to be yes, but a number of issues present themselves when … Continue reading Little is to be Gained from Leaving a Students’ Union