Irish earn decent living

A recent survey by the Department of Finance has revealed that Irish people have never made as much money from their jobs which includes the haulage industry.

The number of people earning over E50,000 a year has risen to 322,300 this year in contrast to 2001 when only a third of that category earned so much.
Over 300 PAYE workers earn over one million euro, while 13,200 earned Eur100,000 in 2001 compared to 50,000 people now.

Minister for Finance Brian Cowen revealed that self-employed people have also benefited from the boom with 1,300 earning between 500,000 and a million euro last year.
Despite the high earnings, the haulage industry has suffered a blow due to the escalating cost of fuel which has hit their profits very hard indeed.