An umbrella group of more than 50 business and professional organisations said today said that the claim from anti-Lisbon group Coir that the treaty will result in the minimum wage being reduced to €1.84 per hour was without foundation and an insult to the intelligence of voters.

THE Lisbon Treaty will lead to a full-blown constitutional revolution in the Irish State, undermining the ability of the people democratically to determine their own political and economic future.