A Labour party candidate has denied that workers putting up his posters were paid below the minimum wage.

John Lyons, a sitting TD running in the Dublin North-West constituency, said he contacted the company he had hired to do the work and was satisfied that its workers were being paid properly.

A Facebook post that was shared nearly 1,000 times by yesterday evening claimed that an “African migrant” had been putting up Mr Lyons’ posters in the Glasnevin area of north Dublin.

The writer said he spoke to the man, who claimed he was being paid €7 an hour.

“This gentleman is by himself on a windy day, without any help, erecting posters on behalf of John Lyons TD of Labour, being paid, he claimed,