105,000 people in jobs cannot make a living wage, report

Around one in seven people in poverty have jobs but low rates of pay and loose contracts mean they can’t make a living wage.

Social Justice Ireland, a thinktank, puts the number of people in this category at almost 105,000 and says it has grown since the country came out of recession.

Social Justice Ireland chief executive Sean Healy said: “If people in employment can’t be guaranteed a life free from poverty, then there is something seriously wrong.”