IRELAND had met and exceeded EU targets for the employment rate of women by the end of 2007.

FEMALE honours graduates perform better academically and are more employable than their male counterparts yet are still, on average, ending up with lower salaries, a report has claimed.

IRISH women are paid an average of 9% less than men for the same work — but they still have better parity than most of Europe.

NEWLY graduated women are earning an average of 11% less than their male counterparts, according to a book released this week.

HOMOSEXUALS or bisexuals face additional problems in accessing health services, according to a report due to be published by the Equality Authority this week.

IRISH women are being paid almost 20% less than men despite being better educated, a major report on gender equality across Europe has found.

The decision to abandon a regeneration project on one of Dublin’s most deprived housing estates has been strongly criticised by an independent social and economic research group.