Most teenage workers in Ireland paid above minimum wage, new report finds

'Just over half (55%) of sub-minimum youth rate employees are women and 77% work in either the accommodation, food or retail sectors,' report said. 

Most teenagers in work who are eligible to be paid below the normal minimum wage are in reality paid more, new research suggests.

A new report from the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) said about 15,000 people in Ireland are paid below the minimum wage, which equates to about one in every 140 employees.