Dublin Inquirer Ltd.
The Dublin Inquirer Limited is the owner of the independent media outlet owned by. Editor Lois Kapila is the single largest shareholder with 83.28% of the shares.
The Dublin Inquirer is transparent regarding its finances. Detailed breakdowns of its income and expenditure are available via the website and the editors go so far as to proactively tweet this information. This transparency extends to articles detailing the paper’s policy on accepting gifts from other businesses (namely, politely returning them).
The company does not sell advertisements online or print publications. Income is solely generated by subscriptions.
The Dublin Inquirer is structured as a workers co-operative. Thus voting rights related to share ownership do not in practice determine where decision-making power lies within the outlet.
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Private Limited Company
Individual Owner
Brian Timothy Flanagan
Mukesh Kapila
Father of Lois Kapila. Born in India, he is a medical doctor, author and emeritus professor for Global Health and Humanitarian Affairs at the University of Manchester.
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The Dublin Inquirer
General Information
Founding Year
2005
Affiliated Interests Founder
Editor-in-chief and owner. She founded the Dublin Inquirer in 2015 together with Sam Tranum.
Employees
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Contact
Parkview House
65 Crumlin Road
Dublin 12
Tax/ ID Number
CRO 559820
Financial Information
Revenue (Financial Data/ Optional)
€179,400 (2022)
Advertising (in % of total funding)
0. The Dublin Inquirer took an active position not to seek or accept advertising revenue. Thus subscriptions account for approximately 95% of total revenues.
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The annual revenue is according to data freely made public by the Dublin Inquirer via Twitter/X, AND on the paper’s own website (€179,400 in 2022).
The Dublin Inquirer’s website does not explicitly state who the shareholders of the Dublin Inquirer Limited are but the information is readily available on request.
