Lois Kapila

1 month ago | dublininquirer.com | Lois Kapila

The Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) is working on a new online portal, through which landlords and tenants should be able to apply and pay for dispute resolution, submit evidence, and see the progress of a case. “We are aiming to launch a full pilot version for testing by key stakeholder groups by June 2025,” said a spokesperson for the RTB on Monday. “We expect the platform will be available to all RTB customers by Q4 2025,” they said.

1 month ago | dublininquirer.com | Lois Kapila

The boxes, bags and jars stacked alongside and under and on top of the hallway table are yet to be sorted. On the wooden floor, a sack of currants sits on cans of organic tomatoes. There are jars of organic tempeh and three-fruit marmalade, and packs of coconut palm sugar. “Do you want to take the pasta?” says Barry Bryan. He picks through the plenty all around. “Well, I loooove pasta,” says Luke Sherlock, sounding as if he was rubbing his belly even though he wasn’t.

1 month ago | dublininquirer.com | Lois Kapila

The Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) is working on a new online portal, through which landlords and tenants should be able to apply and pay for dispute resolution, submit evidence, and see the progress of a case. “We are aiming to launch a full pilot version for testing by key stakeholder groups by June 2025,” said a spokesperson for the RTB on Monday. “We expect the platform will be available to all RTB customers by Q4 2025,” they said.

1 month ago | dublininquirer.com | Lois Kapila

When Biatriz Maeda looked to claim the renter’s tax credit, to take the sting out of her monthly living costs, she hit an obstacle. She wasn’t a tenant but a licensee, she was told in an email from Leevin Ireland, the company she rented from. “You do not have exclusive possession of the property nor do you meet any of the criteria for tenancy,” the email says in Portuguese.  Its service was adapted for international students, it said, with flexible licences, shared contracts, and other advantages.

1 month ago | dublininquirer.com | Sam Tranum |Lois Kapila

In disclosure forms that Dublin City Council has published on its website, it has blacked out the names of donors to local election candidates. Local election candidates have to – and did – report to the council donations over €600 they received to help pay for their campaigns last year. That someone at the council then decided to redact that information before publishing the disclosure forms was a surprise, several said.