An Ennis economist is expressing serious concern at news that workers in this county paying €20 a week more in rent than this time last year.
The body that decides Ireland’s living wage has announced a 20% increase in what’s required for a reasonable standard of living, now at €11.90 per hour.
This is while the legal minimum wage is set at just €9.55 an hour, while rent continues to increase across the country.
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UCD lecturer and Ennis native Dr Micheál Collins says building costs will continue to go up but for those in the rental market, it’s increasingly difficult:
