Irish Water workers cost twice as much as staff in NI

Labour costs for Irish Water’s 700 staff cost around €68 million per year

Irish Water's headquarters in Colville House on Talbot Street in Dublin 1 Pic: RollingNews.ie

Irish Water’s workers are costing twice as much as their counterparts in the North, according to a new report.

Since the company was established three years ago, it has managed to reduce overall costs of running the water service by around 7 per cent per year.

But a new report carried out for the water regulator has found that Irish Water’s labour costs remain far higher than those of Northern Ireland Water and ...