Maynooth Students' Union (MSU; ) is the

students' union A students' union or student union, is a student organization present in many colleges, universities, and high schools. In higher education, the students' union is often accorded its own building on the campus, dedicated to social, organizat ...

which represents the students of

Maynooth University Maynooth University (MU) (), is a constituent university of the National University of Ireland in Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland. Maynooth University was formerly known as National University of Ireland, Maynooth (NUIM; ). It was Ireland ...

and St. Patrick's Pontifical University, formerly

St. Patrick's College, Maynooth St Patrick's Pontifical University, Maynooth (), is a pontifical Catholic university in the town of Maynooth near Dublin, Ireland. The college and national seminary on its grounds are often referred to as Maynooth College. The college was of ...

. Maynooth Students' Union is a constituent organisation of

Aontas na Mac Léinn in Éirinn Aontas na Mac Léinn in Éirinn (AMLÉ), formerly known as the Union of Students in Ireland (USI), is the national representative body for third-level students in Ireland, being an confederal organisation consisting of third-level students' unio ...

(formerly known as the Union of Students in Ireland or USI). MSU rejoined USI in 2009 after disaffiliating from it in 2001. In 2013, 2016, and 2019 there were other student body referendums to disaffiliate from the USI, but students voted to remain. The original students' union building and bar (on the west of the north campus) was replaced in 1993, shortly after the development of the restaurant and sports building, which was built in 1991. This housed the student's union offices and shop which had been in the Arts faculty block. In 2018, as part of the Maynooth University development plan, proposals for a new student centre were commenced, with completion proposed for 2022. However, in September 2022, Maynooth University announced that construction on the new student centre had been cancelled, citing rising construction costs. This prompted Maynooth Students' Union to engage the student body in an action campaign, known as #WheresMyLevy.

Societies

As of 2024, there were over 100 clubs and societies at Maynooth University. Among the oldest is the Literary & Debating Society, which was founded as part of St. Patrick's College Maynooth in 1795. Debating competitions historically associated with this society include the Maynooth Open (a debating inter-varsity competition open to all university debating societies) and the Aoife Begley competition (an annual secondary schools debating competition run by the Literary & Debating Society).

References

External links

Official website
(archived 2014) {{Students' Unions in Ireland Students' unions in Ireland Maynooth University St Patrick's College, Maynooth