Landlords can legally add charges, but which charges are allowed is disputed. And it’s a practice that leaves tenants vulnerable to faster-growing payments even if, on paper, the rents have only risen in line with rent controls.
Author Archives: Lois Kapila
Lois Kapila is Dublin Inquirer's managing editor and general-assignment reporter. Want to share a comment or a tip with her? Send an email to her at info@dublininquirer.com.
Posted inA Quick Note, Feb 8th, 2023
Wanted: Journalist to Report on Food in the City
We’re looking for a freelance reporter to write one article a week for us, focused on food in the city. Deadline for applications is 22 February at 5.30pm
Posted inA Quick Note, Feb 1st, 2023
Join Us: Dublin Inquirer’s Immigrant Readers’ Meet-up
If you’re an immigrant to Dublin, we would warmly like to invite you to our next Dublin Inquirer event, at The Circular in Rialto on Thursday 16 February at 7.30pm.
Posted inCity Desk, Jan 11th, 2023
Council Briefs: a Question Mark over O’Devaney Gardens, Vacancy in Phibsboro, and Making Next Year’s New Year’s Eve More Fun
These were some of the issues Dublin city councillors dealt with at their January monthly meeting on Monday evening.
Posted inJan 11th, 2023, Unreal Estate
To Get People Into 58 Vacant Social Homes in Finglas Will Cost Council at Least €6 million More, Documents Show
The homes have gone through round after round of repairs in recent years. Meanwhile, there are thousands of households on the social housing list in the area.
Posted inA Quick Note, Jan 11th, 2023
Will You Help Us Choose a Mascot for Dublin Inquirer?
It could be an animal, vegetable or mineral. A manhole cover, a fox, a seagull, or an ornate lamp post. Whatever you think encapsulates the city and the newspaper’s values.
Posted inCity Desk, Dec 7th, 2022
Time to End Tax Exemption for Developers Building Parking, Councillors Say
Dublin city councillors agreed to send out for public consultation a proposal to start charging development levies on both commercial and residential car parking.
Posted inCity Desk, Nov 23rd, 2022
Taking Back Control of Their Own History, Traveller Groups Map Places of Belonging – and Unbelonging – in Coolock
“It’s trying to create maps in which the Travellers are central to the story, and … challenging these histories of racism and marginalisation.”
Posted inA Quick Note, Nov 9th, 2022
Do You Have 3 Minutes for a Survey to Help Us Try to Grow?
We’re trying to understand how people learn about and decide to subscribe to Dublin Inquirer.
Posted inCity Desk, Oct 26th, 2022
As Coastal Flood Risk Rises, the Council Seeks to Defend Property and Residents to Defend Their Landscape – and Nothing’s Been Built
This challenge, epitomised by Clontarf, is cropping up all over Ireland and likely to become more common as efforts ramp up to adapt to climate change.