Unions call for pay-gap disclosures

The Government should insist Irish stockmarket-listed companies publish more details about the pay of their chief executives and the pay gap with ordinary workers, the Irish Congress of Trade Unions has said.

Chief executives of 22 of the 26 companies earned total pay of close to or above €1m, while the best-paid earned as much as €8.2m in the case of CRH, according to Ictu’s latest annual top-pay report of Irish companies listed on the Dublin or London stock markets.