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Is our minimum wage rate too high to sustain?

Is our minimum wage rate too high to sustain?

Update: 2025-09-12
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Ireland has one of the highest and most valuable minimum wages in the world, according to a study by HR company Moorepay. It found that the €13.50-an-hour basic legal pay rate ranks as the sixth most valuable globally. 

So is this rate too high to sustain? All to discuss with Dr Laura Bambrick Social Policy Officer with the Irish Congress of Trade Unions and Karl Deeter Financial Advisor and Analyst.

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Is our minimum wage rate too high to sustain?

Is our minimum wage rate too high to sustain?