Study reveals Irish women are paid on average 20% less than men

Irish women are paid an average of 20% less than men.

A new study by Morgan McKinley found that men in professional jobs earn €12,500 more than women, when bonus and salary are taken into account.

It also revealed that the gap was actually wider for women who had high levels of education or a lot of experience.

Karen O'Flaherty, Chief Operations Officer of Morgan McKinley, says employers and individual women have a role to play in reducing the gender pay gap: "It's about employers having the transparency and visibility within the organisation and look at the different levels and see who is being promoted and the different educational attainments that they get at each stage.

"Secondly it is about addressing and maybe asking the question as to why certain females don't go for certain positions when some men have.

"So it is opening up a cultural difference that possibly we haven't had in a number of organisations and businesses."