"Analysing the occupational breakdown from the CSO highlights younger, male and non-Irish workers are more concentrated in 'high proximity roles'," he wrote in an online economics publication. The analysis by Mr Lydon shows that female workers are more likely to be in 'lower proximity jobs', with almost 60pc of them below the median score for all workers. By contrast, male, younger and non-Irish workers are all more likely to be in high-proximity jobs, with just 40pc below the median. That higher male level of exposure comes from sports and leisure, skilled trades, construction and protective services, Mr Lydon's analysis revealed. Many of the higher risk jobs are also less well paid.

Source: Irish Independent June 22, 2020 01:41 UTC