Maynooth Students' Union (MSU; ga, Aontas na Mac Léinn, Mhá Nuad) is the

students' union A students' union, also known by many other names, 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 soci ...

which represents the students of

Maynooth University The National University of Ireland, Maynooth (NUIM; ga, Ollscoil na hÉireann Mhá Nuad), commonly known as Maynooth University (MU), is a constituent university of the National University of Ireland in Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland. It w ...

and St. Patrick's Pontifical University, formerly

St. Patrick's College, Maynooth St Patrick's Pontifical University, Maynooth ( ga, Coláiste Naoimh Phádraig, Maigh Nuad), is the "National Seminary for Ireland" (a Roman Catholic college), and a pontifical university, located in the town of Maynooth, from Dublin, Ireland ...

. Maynooth Students' Union is a constituent organisation of the

Union of Students in Ireland The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) ( ga, Aontas na Mac Léinn in Éirinn) is the national representative body for Tertiary education, third-level students' unions in Ireland. Founded in 1959, USI represents more than 374,000 students in over ...

. MSU rejoined the 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 (formerly known as "the auld barn") was replaced in 1993, shortly after the development of the restaurant (now the site of the Phoenix) 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 planned for 2022.Campus Master Plan
Maynooth University However, in September 2022, Maynooth University announced that construction on the new student centre had been cancelled citing rising construction costs. This prompted MSU to engage the student body in a campaign which became known as #WheresMyLevy.

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