No women in senior management in one in seven Irish businesses
Ellen O'Donoghue
One in seven Irish businesses have no women in senior management.
Ireland ranked sixth worst of 31 countries surveyed worldwide for companies with no females in senior roles.
The two least likely roles for women to hold are CEO and Chairperson.
New research by Grant Thornton showed an increase in the number of firms without female representation in high-up management in Ireland.
HR Expert Caroline Reidy told Newstalk that it is still hard for women to smash the glass ceiling.
"There's a lot of work for us to still do to get that equality at all tables in all organisations; again, because 50 per cent of the workforce are women, we should have more balanced representation," she said.
"Listen, we’ve done a lot, and that’s great, but, definitely this survey is flagging at the most senior levels we need to really do a lot more work to get that balance we really need."
