Ireland has widest gender gap in Europe for use of advanced technology skills 

Roughly 44% of men in Ireland use such advanced skills at work compared to just 18% of women, a gap of 26%, which is almost double the European average. File picture

Ireland has the widest gender gap in Europe in terms of the use of advanced technological skills at work, with men more than twice as likely to use such skills, according to research.

A study from the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) shows male workers are far more likely to employ advanced skills such as programming, machine learning, or AI tools in the course of their employment.