Only six women in 137 top board jobs

IRELAND’S top ten companies have just six women out of a total of 137 directors on their boards.

Reacting to the glass ceiling findings by RTÉ, Mary Kelly, chair, National Women's Council of Ireland, said "it was absolutely no surprise to the NWC the findings were as bad as they have been portrayed."

The figures, gathered by RTÉ from the websites of the ten companies, follow a report yesterday in the UK showing women are still massively underrepresented in FTSE 100 companies.