Galway Bay fm newsroom - Galway West TD Catherine Connolly has called for the minimum wage to be pushed up to €15 an hour as part of government formation talks with Sinn Féin.
That's according to the Irish Independent which reports that the Independent TD signed a document along with People Before Profit TDs Bríd Smith and Mick Barry, Rise TD Paul Murphy and Independents Joan Collins and Thomas Pringle - which was submitted to Sinn Féin in an effort to form a left-wing government.
The document includes multiple proposals including restoring the State pension age to 65, introducing free public transport, abolishing third-level fees and property tax, and dropping the Apple tax case.
It also calls for publicly-funded childcare, carbon tax levies for large corporations and ending Direct Provision.
The document was submitted to Sinn Féin in March however, the group of TDs is yet to receive a reply.
