Pay gap: Women work 2 months for free

The gender pay gap means that the average Irish woman has just another week’s wages between now and the new year, while her male counterpart continues to be paid for the full 52 weeks.

Despite legislation and promises by government, the gender pay gap has been widening for the past few years as austerity measures targeted working women more.

As a result employers pay them just 86 cents for every euro they pay their male employees — that amounts to seven weeks’ pay every year.