IBEC has said that the claim from anti-Lisbon Group Coir on its posters that the Lisbon Treaty will result in the minimum wage in Ireland being reduced to €1.84 per hour was "a blatant lie, without foundation and an insult to the intelligence of Irish voters".

FARMERS know where their own interests lie and are not likely to be taken in by small unrepresentative groups who distort issues to call for a No vote in the Lisbon treaty referendum.