As 2019 drew to a close and music sites published their top Irish tracks of the year, Rachael Lavelle was a name ubiquitous to most. Her song, Perpetual Party, released in September 2019 made its way into Nialler9, was reviewed …
Arts & Culture
Creatives in Trinity: Exploring the intricacies of Róisín Ní Haicéid’s life
Jane Loughman speaks to the second-year student, artist, and activist
Róisín Ní Haicéid walks into KC Peaches, walking stick in hand, a beaming smile upon her face. We greet, hug, and order oat milk coffee and lemon cake before diving into everything from music and her band Banríon, to activism …
New year, new stories at January’s Dublin Story Slam
In the telling or the listening, stories create community at this local monthly event
For the new year of 2020, a common goal seemed to be attend more cultural events in the city, as the queue for this month’s Dublin Story Slam winded down Leeson Street. Starting as the Moth Story Slam, the Dublin …
Trinity student shoots feature film centred on student politics
Final year student Hugh McInerney’s current project will adopt the same satirical style as his Trinity Truths webseries, on a much bigger scale
You may have seen final year student Hugh McInerney’s Trinity Truths videos on your Facebook feed from time to time, but his next project takes student satire to another level. State of the Union, a feature film with a growing …
Nollaig na mBan: A night of women’s literature
The Irish Writers Centre celebrated Nollaig na mBan by bringing together some of Ireland’s most talented writers and performers
Traditionally, the 6th of January, Nollaig na mBan, was the day when the woman of the house would finally put her feet up after all the turkey basting and sprout peeling of the Christmas period and her husband would take …
Dublin Digital Radio: Tuning in at the right time
Sophia McDonald chats with DDR about the future of radio broadcasting in Dublin’s increasingly gentrified city
An independent station with a flair for creative freedom, Dublin Digital Radio has thrived in an industry seeing increasing cuts and closures. With digital stations RTÉ Pulse and RTÉ 2XM sent to the gallows after RTÉ announced massive cuts, DDR, …
Careers in the arts: National Gallery of Ireland curator Sarah McAuliffe
Libby Phillips speaks with the curator about collaboration, diversity, and reaching modern audiences
To the untrained eye wandering through the halls of a gallery, one may be unlikely to consider why a painting is hung where it is. In fact, there is a myriad of questions posed when considering exhibition design. This is …
Creatives in Trinity: Dublin’s “most alternative” comedy club, B-Side Comedy
Trinity student Matthew Tallon and his colleague James Moran discuss gig disasters, absurdism, and Dublin’s creative community
What do you get when you cross three ambitious comedians with a set of deafening power tools and one drunken venue manager too many? The answer, I learned upon talking to Trinity student Matthew Tallon and his colleague James Moran, …
Are essays and short stories the future of Irish literature?
Grace Farrell speaks to Professor Philip Coleman and author Wendy Erskine about short form prose, literary trends, and commercialisation versus innovation
The literary landscape has seen an influx of internationally acclaimed essay and short story collections by Irish writers. Although these forms have always been popular for their succinct, quickly digestible nature, short form literature has moved to the forefront of …
Fashion isn’t beyond politics, it’s bound to it
Madalyn Williams examines the fashion industry’s inextricable link to politics, and what that means for the clothes we wear
When you google “What is fashion for?”, results may claim it to be anything from the purest expression of the self, to a tool best used to ward off a fear of death. But what’s clear is that fashion is …