Ireland Now Has Zero Female Listed CEOs

  • Lack of female leadership representation issue across Europe
  • Ireland’s startups attract more women than listed companies
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Ireland has become one of only two European Union states to have no women leading any of its listed companies, in a setback for a country that has become known for achieving rapid social change in recent decades.

Since Margaret Sweeney retired Tuesday as chief executive officer of Ireland’s biggest private residential landlord Irish Residential Properties REIT Plc, all 31 companies listed on Euronext Dublin’s website are to be headed by a man.