Calls for Government to tackle low-wage economy

The report shows that Ireland's underlying inequality is masked by heavy social welfare subsidies to the unemployed, the sick and the elderly.

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 per hour in 2013 - and worked mostly in retail and hospitality.