Lidl staff in line for €2,500 pay rise as retail giant announces plans for 700 jobs in Ireland

The announcements were made in Cork on Friday during a visit by Enterprise and Employment Minister Simon Coveney to Lidl's Carrigaline store.

The announcements were made in Cork on Friday during a visit by Enterprise and Employment Minister Simon Coveney to Lidl's Carrigaline store. Mr Coveney is pictured with Lidl's chief people officer Maeve McCleane. Picture: Darragh Kane

Lidl workers are in line for a €2,500 pay rise as the company announced a €14m investment in pay and plans for 700 new jobs.

The discount retail giant said the pay rise investment package will make it “Ireland’s highest paying supermarket”, delivering an average 7.5% pay increase — which works out at between €2,000 and €2,500 per annum — for every Lidl worker in the Republic from March 1.