Women apprentices are starting to get hands on
The number of women in apprenticeships in Ireland is rising, but we are still lagging behind Europe. Efforts are now being made to change that
Just 4 per cent of the people in apprenticeships in Ireland are women. While this represents a significant improvement on the 0.6 per cent of apprenticeships taken up by women in 2016, we are lagging behind the rest of Europe, and particularly our nearest neighbour.
In Britain, 54 per cent of apprentices were women in 2016-17. In England there have been more women in apprenticeships than men since 2010.
The junior minister for ...