Airbnb has targeted council employees with online adverts. Does that count as lobbying?
“Just because it’s digital, and not over coffee, doesn’t mean it’s not,” says Niamh Kirk, an associate professor at the University of Limerick.
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Cover image for Dublin Inquirer print edition #110
"Being my number one source of transportation, I have experienced ghost buses numerous times."
Cover image for Dublin Inquirer print edition #108
“Amid Ireland’s unending housing crisis, nearly 70 per cent of the country’s 25-year-olds are still living at home.”
Cover image for Dublin Inquirer print edition #107
“This month’s image is inspired by the coming of spring, which is associated with Brigid/St. Brigit, the pagan goddess and saint.”
Cover image for Dublin Inquirer print edition #106
“Dublin is a ‘smart city’ – high tech, advanced, efficient, connected. Unless, maybe, you live in an apartment building or carved-up Georgian terrace.”
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“Unlike many people on the continent, Dubliners love to go for a swim at any time of the year – no matter how cold it is.”
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“In my reimagining of O’Connell Street, I’ve placed a late-autumn meadow right at its heart.”
Cover image for Dublin Inquirer print edition #103
“This cover is an homage to my daily commute along the Luas’ red line.”
Cover image for Dublin Inquirer print edition #102
This image “captured what I love about cities, the grit and glamour, the dirt and dapper”.
Cover image for Dublin Inquirer print edition #101
“This piece is named ‘Afro-Irish’. It’s part of a bigger series, called Migration/Integration, and tells the story of a person trying to maintain the culture they came from and integrate into Irish society.”
Cover image for Dublin Inquirer print edition #100
“This month’s cover is inspired by Dublin’s ‘Fortress Grand Canal’, perhaps the most striking example of hostile architecture, of designing against humanity, in the city in recent years.”
Cover image for Dublin Inquirer print edition #99
“The illustration is based on a vision for a new Ireland that is diverse and fruitful … A place of kindness, gladness and solidarity.”
Cover image for Dublin Inquirer print edition #98
“Like a much less sinister version of the classic film Rear Window, this is my daily view from my living room of this ever-diversifying city.”