Gender pay gap reporting is a first step — but we're not there yet

From reporting figures incorrectly to reports that are difficult to read if not incomprehensible, along with the lack of a central reporting tool, there is much to do to make the whole endeavour really worthwhile

Goodbody Stockbrokers pays men more than 46% than they pay women, according to its gender pay gap report. Picture: Leah Farrell / RollingNews.ie

Equal pay day on Tuesday may have bypassed most people, but, knee deep in gender pay gap reports, it's one of the key dates in my calendar every year. 

Just weeks ago, on 8th March, the announcement of a government gender pay gap portal was music to my ears. I didn’t set out to be the only person in Ireland who’s read every single published gender pay gap report, but in 2025 I find myself almost 2000 reports deep and part of a very exclusive club.