SBP editorial: Executive pay issue now supercharged

Shareholders in Irish plcs have historically been a meek lot. Year after year motions are passed routinely, agms are usually boringly prosaic and most Irish firms tend to be ignored by unruly activist investors who are used to causing havoc in American and, occasionally, European companies.

A certain level of docility can also be observed in terms of the stance adopted by Irish shareholders - both retail and institutional – to the issue ...