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    1. EyeOrRay on

      Always forgotten when people go on about how cheap food, drink etc is in Spain, Portugal, Greece etc.

      Yes, you can get a meal for half the price, or get a 3Bed for much cheaper than ireland but you’ll earn 35% of the salary if you live there

    5. DaemonCRO on

      Yeah, now add on this cost of living, like average rent price, average food prices, etc.

    6. BiShhx on

      Always thankful I joined a trade at 16 I used to complain my friends and people around me were making more and it was rubbish now being fully employed as a first and second finisher carpenter and making upwards of 900/1000 weekly it was 100% worth the few years of hassle as most of them mates are still jumping from warehouse to warehouse job pulling the same numbers maybe abit more of 550/650 and they are wishing they took up an apprenticeship/ trade

    8. vidic17 on

      While Ireland’s statutory minimum wage is high compared to the rest of Europe, it is heavily countered by the fact that Ireland has some of the highest housing and living costs on the continent.

    9. susanboylesvajazzle on

      In terms of the cost of living:

      * Luxembourg – 5th highest
      * Ireland – 4th highest
      * Netherlands – 10th highest
      * Germany – 13th highest
      * Belgium – 8th highest
      * France – 12th highest

    11. RustyBike39 on

      You’ll notice Sweden, Denmark and Finland don’t have minimum wages. That’s because they’re so well unionised that every sector of the economy has its own fair wage negotiated with the major employer. McDonald’s tried and failed to buck the trend.

      A union can guarantee your rights much more efficiently than the state. It’s nice to have both, but you’re better off depending on the union.

    12. Sayek on

      I know we have a bad housing crisis here but Portugal have similar house prices to here but still have those wages. A much higher % of their wages go on rent too. 

    14. Independent-Bat-7723 on

      It says „Minimum wages ensure a decent standard of living“. That must be a joke.

    16. smietanaaa on

      Ireland is expensive but not always a rip off. I’m from Latvia and it’s expensive there and we’re 2nd from the bottom from this list. That’s a trouble.

    17. CheapPintsPlease on

      So minimum wage is close to 29k per year, yet the upper tax band is still 44k. Time for that to be changed.

    19. BarelyHolding0n on

      I do feel it’s worth mentioning that an awful lot of people in minimum wage jobs are not full time workers so the monthly calculation is a bit misleading.

      Retail and hospitality operate in such a way that even someone available for full time hours may not a really be getting 39 hours a weeek.

    20. Daltesse on

      I tend to get the feeling that the minimum wage in other countries is at or around the cost of living. Then you have Ireland, where it goes up just because the cost of living is sooo much more

    21. EyeOrRay on

      |**Capital** |**Minimum wage 2026** |**Average rent**  |**Share of minimum wage** |
      |:-|:-|:-|:-|
      |Brussels |2,112 |1,476 |69.9% |
      |Berlin |2,343 |1,770 |75.6% |
      |Nicosia |1,088 |924 |84.9% |
      |Luxembourg |2,704 |2,365 |87.4% |
      |The Hague|2,295 |2,201 |95.9% |
      |Vilnius |1,153 |1,209 |104.9% |
      |Ljubljana |1,278 |1,342 |105.0% |
      |**Dublin** |**2,391** |**2,697** |**112.8%** |
      |Warsaw |1,139 |1,334 |117.1% |
      |Bucharest |795 |967 |121.7% |
      |Madrid |1,381 |1,721 |124.7% |
      |Tallinn |886 |1,161 |131.1% |
      |Paris |1,823 |2,523 |138.4% |
      |Valletta |994 |1,419 |142.7% |
      |Riga |780 |1,178 |151.1% |
      |Athens |1,027 |1,570 |152.9% |
      |Sofia |620 |954 |153.9% |
      |Bratislava |915 |1,445 |157.9% |
      |Budapest |838 |1,328 |158.5% |
      |Lisbon |1,073 |1,798 |167.5% |
      |Prague |924 |1,710 |185.1% |

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