Jobs for the boys make it hard to be a woman

WOMEN can be trusted with the arts but not with the country’s money is the Government’s message, according to a new study.

Not one woman is on the board of the Central Bank, the authority responsible for the country's banks and cash. Its also a case of jobs for the boys on the greyhound racing authority, Bórd na gCon, which also has zero female representation.

The Arts Council, with eight women and nine men on the board, is the only State body nearly approaching a 50:50 gender balance.