After a very busy 2 months, the ISSU has completed its busiest Regional Council season to date!

Regional Councils are held to reach out to our member schools on a local level. We had over 202 schools present at 17 of our Regional councils. It was our first time holding events for regions such as Cavan-Monaghan, Waterford-South Tipperary , Mayo and more and we now have 390 schools as members of ISSU!

Our regional councils consisted of workshops, debates and discussions to give attendees an insight into the work we do on a national level. Our topics of discussion included;

• Climate Action

• Drug & Alcohol Abuse & Misuse

• Direct Provision

• Education Reform

• RSE Initiatives

• Student Council Resources

• Negotiation Skills

Most importantly, at our Regional Councils, we elected our Regional Council Officers for the 2019/20 term. At each regional council attendees could nominate themselves and run for a place on the National Council of Schools (NCS). We now have 36 Regional Council Officers with at least 2 in every region, which you will get the chance to meet soon!

Their work on the NCS will consist of liaising with our member schools’ student councils in their local region while also running their own local campaigns under the ISSU!

A very busy year to come and on behalf of the NSE, we would like to thank each and every student for attending their regional council, we cannot wait to see more of you at different events throughout the year and further on!