Sin Newspaper

The SIN website, Sin.ie, hosts a gallery, articles, author profiles, newspaper archives. ==Recognition==

In 2019, SIN was named Newspaper of the Year, with editor Áine Kenny winning the prize for Editor of the Year, at the National Student Media Awards. In 2023, SIN and Sin.ie received nominations for Journalism relating to Travel, Features Writer of the Year (Arts & Pop Culture), and Journalism relating to Road Safety, with Caoimhe Looney winning for the latter, at the National Student Media Awards. In 2025, editor Emma van Oosterhout and news sub-editor Fiona Zokou won the National Student Media Award for Collaborative Journalism of the Year Award. In the same year, SIN was awarded 'Student Media Outlet of the Year' by AMLÉ. In 2026, a record-breaking 15 Galway students were nominated for the National Student Media Awards, 12 of whom were nominated for their work with SIN. ==Notable past stories==

On 9 December 2008, Ministers Eamon O'Cuiv and Batt O'Keefe were the subject of a protest by a small group of students who were highlighting the issue of third level fees. During Minister O'Cuiv's attempt to enter the Quadrangle to meet with University authorities, the students attempted to block his entrance. The minister engaged in a scuffle and was seen to forcibly grab a student protester, which was photographed by the SIN editor. The photograph was used on the RTÉ News website, The Irish Times and appeared in many other local and national papers and news sites. The story was picked up by the national press and the minister was forced to explain his actions in the photograph. SIN also reported on an incident that took place on 2 February 2009 when former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern was prevented from speaking at the university's Literary and Debating Society, again by a small group of protesters involved in the free fees movement. SIN had a full report of the incident on its website within twenty minutes of the incident; the report was cited in several of the subsequent local and national coverage of the incident. Following the controversial RAG week of 2009, SIN and Sin.ie provided comprehensive coverage of the university's decision to withdraw support and NUI Galway Students' Union commitment to continue running the charity week in future years. ==Editorial team==

As of December 2025, the editorial team consists of: • Emma van Oosterhout (Editor-in-Chief) • Jake Davis (Deputy Editor and Sports Editor) • Elena Conroy Garcia (News Editor) • Finnian Cox (News Editor) • Éimear Stockmann (Features Editor) • Mairéad Maguire (Features Editor) • Sally Collins (Opinions Editor) • Fionn Sexton-Connolly (Opinions Editor) • Marcela Villagómez (Arts Editor) • Emma O'Neill (Business and Technology Editor) • Hannah Feeney (Lifestyle Editor) • Alyssa O'Sullivan (Cainte Editor) • Sonny McGreevy (Sports Editor) ==See also==