By Sarah Gill This week, the Menlo Park Apartment complex have announced a rent increase of an extortionate 20 percent. These privately-owned apartments are located on the Headford Road and accommodate roughly 140 NUI Galway students each year. Rent prices have been steadily increasing year after year, but this year’s increase has seen the price of a single en-suite room … [Read more...] about NUI Galway Students’ Union condemns extortionate rent increase in Menlo student accommodation
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173 years later and the poignancy of ‘The Little Match Girl’ remains
By Sarah Gill In 1845, Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen published the incredibly moving and vital tale of The Little Match Girl. The story takes place on New Year's Eve as the heaviest of snows falls. A young, poor girl is roaming the empty streets in the hopes of selling some measly match sticks. Her head is bare, her feet are naked and not one person has … [Read more...] about 173 years later and the poignancy of ‘The Little Match Girl’ remains
‘Rosie’ film review
By Sarah Gill “We're not homeless ... we're just lost.” This poignant and deeply affecting film serves as a visualisation of the Irish housing crisis, giving a face and a pulse to the anonymous battle of so many people. Pálás Cinema invited SIN to a screening of this beautiful and moving tale before its initial release. One family's 36 - hour struggle to secure a safe … [Read more...] about ‘Rosie’ film review
Chasing Abbey at the Róisín Dubh
By Sarah Gill Ro, Bee and Teddy C. Three lads from Tullamore with the force of a generation behind them. The infectious charisma and energy of the group permeated into every crevice of the Róisín Dubh. When they said jump, we jumped. Not one person left the gig without sweat on their brow and a smile on their face. Before the boys even stepped foot on stage, the … [Read more...] about Chasing Abbey at the Róisín Dubh
The rise of Irish hip hop through the eyes of Tebi Rex
By Sarah Gill Tebi Rex, Chasing Abbey, Hare Squead, Rejjie Snow, the list goes on. Irish hip hop artists are increasingly breaking into the mainstream music charts, while appearing more and more at music festivals around the country. Does this signal a shift in focus from the acoustic indie rock groups we are used to seeing? SIN got in touch with Matt O’Baoill, one half of … [Read more...] about The rise of Irish hip hop through the eyes of Tebi Rex