Jan O'Sullivan, Labour’s enterprise spokeswoman, says Ireland still has a long way to go on gender equality ROLLINGNEWS.IELabour has called on the government to introduce legislation to ensure women account for at least 30 per cent of non-executive directors at listed companies as new figures highlight the “dismal” level of female leadership among Irish businesses. Jan O’Sullivan, the Labour enterprise spokeswoman, said Ireland needed to address the gender imbalance in senior leadership roles after The Times revealed a huge disparity between the number of men and women heading up companies and state organisations. An analysis of the country’s biggest companies and state agencies found that just 19.2 per cent were led by women. The level of female representation at chief executive, managing director or country manager level fell to just 5.8 per cent among companies listed on the Irish Stock Exchange.

Source: The Times August 15, 2017 23:03 UTC