Irish Examiner view: All workers deserve a living wage

Huge pay gap between ordinary workers and corporate executives

A living wage is not enforceable.

Two reports on pay in Ireland illustrate the huge gap between the salaries given to ordinary workers and those enjoyed by corporate executives. 

On the one hand, soaring rents and increasing energy costs have contributed to a rising living wage in Ireland, a modest sum calculated to allow people to live a life of dignified frugality.