Ireland's 'Living Wage' for 2015 has been put at 11 euro 50 cent an hour.
It's a 5 cent increase on last year's figure, which was the first time the amount for a 'minimum acceptable standard of living' was calculated in this country.
A range of factors had put downward pressure on the 2014 amount.
However Dr Micheál Collins of the Living Wage Group says rising rents around the country outweighed them:
