More women needed to boost construction industry

CIF director general Tom Parlon: 'Women account for approximately half of the overall labour force in this country, but still less than one in 10 of the people working in our sector is female.' Picture: Conor McCabe Photography

More women are needed in the construction industry for Ireland to meet its building targets, the Construction Industry Federation (CIF) has said.

There are 14,400 women employed in the construction industry but this figure needs to increase as staff shortages are creating challenges for building demands such as increased housing, it said.