The shortlist has been announced for the inaugural SIN Awards.
The awards presentation will take place at SIN’s end of year gathering on 26 March, at 7 pm, in Sult’s Corrib Room.
The shortlist is as follows:
Best Sports Story
Jake Davis: Galway fighter Andreeas Binder reflects on UFC reality show: ‘The best six weeks I could’ve asked for’
Eoin Langan: Colga F.C.: Inside the growth of a rural Galway football club
Dan Maher: GAA players taking American football in their stride
Tara McGivern: Heartbreak in the Clan Stand
Sonny McGreevy: University of Galway footballers gear up for tantalising Sigerson Cup
An t-alt Gaeilge is fearr
Finn Brady: I súile fíor-Ghaeilgeoirí óga: níos faide ná Seachtain na Gaeilge
Róisín Gallagher: An Gaeilge mar teaictic margaíochta
Leo Oisíneach Mac an tSaoir: Dearcaí ar an bPalaistín: muintir na hÉireann agus lucht na Gaeilge
Best Interview
Diego Guevara Aguayo: Ukrainian Life Saver: An initiative to support Ukraine
Elena O’Connor: Roisín O’Donnell on the reality behind literary success
Best News Story
Tiernan Donovan: “They avoid scrutiny”: X pressed over Grok and non-consensual intimate images
Tara McGivern: What can students expect from ‘Sensible Simon?’
Sonny McGreevy: Library late fees: demolished, disguised, or a stepping stone for better?
Fionn Murray: A poisoned chalice: Galway journalists on AI and the future of media
Best Investigation
Finn Brady: From the Nazi in Teelin to the American on Twitter: Fake Irishness and the far-right propaganda pipeline
Tiernan Donovan: 298 suspected AI cheating cases at University of Galway, students describe being investigated
Fiona Zokou: “Love Galway, but the housing crisis is horrible”: international students question Ireland’s cost-of-living reality
Best Opinion Piece
Bel Aghedo: Erasmus is often described as one of the European Union’s greatest success stories
Finn Brady: The billion-dollar question: Can there ever be an ethical billionaire?
Seán de Búrca: What a hunger strike in Bronzefield prison has in common with University of Galway
Finnian Cox: A vicious cycle
Kate Flores: How many more names must we remember?
Best Feature
Eamon Chin: “A scam”: Students struggle with high rents and cost of living in Galway
Sally Collins: Slovakia’s ‘chalk revolution’ keeps the student protest spirit alive
Gráinne Greene: “The greatest show on earth”: last of the Ringling name reflects on a lifetime in the circus world
Peter Ó Neill: A crestfallen students’ history: The 12ft-tall British coat of arms hiding behind the Quadrangle
Éimear Stockmann: Vapes are bad for your health: who’d have thunk?
Sports Writer of the Year
Jake Davis
Eoin Langan
Dan Maher
Sonny McGreevy
Writer of the Year (Arts & Culture)
Hannah Feeney
Elena O’Connor
Marcela Villagómez
Writer of the Year (News & Current Affairs)
Finn Brady
Tiernan Donovan
Kate Flores
Fionn Murray
Newcomer of the Year
Bel Aghedo
Eamon Chin
Tiernan Donovan
Kate Flores
Eoin Langan
Outstanding Commitment to SIN
Jake Davis
Saoirse Jaago
Sonny McGreevy
Journalist of the Year
Finnian Cox
Tiernan Donovan
Sonny McGreevy
Éimear Stockmann
