A new report by the independent think-tank TASC calls on the government to address inequality by tackling our low-wage economy.
The social change watchdog says a third of workers earned just over 12 euro an hour in 2013 – and worked mostly in retail and hospitality.
The report shows that Ireland’s underlying inequality is masked by heavy social welfare subsidies to the unemployed, the sick and the elderly.
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Director of TASC, Professor James Wickham, says we need to focus instead on helping those at work – especially by providing childcare.
