If at first you don’t succeed, bring another legal challenge. From Monday, thousands of security guards will see their basic hourly wage increase by seven per cent to €12.50, rising another three points to €12.90 next February.  Damien English, Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, announced the statutory increase earlier this month on foot of a recommendation by the Labour Court. It is to be implemented through an Employment Regulation Order (ERO). That is unless security firms Top Security, Morbury Ltd, and Las Security manage to throw a spanner in the works – again. They have launched a judicial…

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