Wage was reflection of the bubble economy, says leading economist

Ireland’s minimum wage of €8.65 per hour is too high and needs to be cut, a senior economist said at the CIPD Ireland annual conference this week.“The current minimum wage was a reflection of the essence of the bubble economy which inflated the values of goods, property and labour,” Jim O’Leary, economist at Maynooth university, told the conference in Dublin.
 
 

I will now be taking some time out with my family to consider my future options, but you can be sure my heart will always be a deep Cadbury purple    

Cadbury chief executive Todd Stitzer, announcing his resignation after the Kraft takeover