Men must play their part if we’re to close gender pay gap

We look back in horror at the marriage bar, but the inequity in our current pensions system is also inexcusable - it’s time for men to step up

As he leaves College Green for CRH plc, Bank of Ireland’s chief financial officer Andrew Keating exits with a more enlightened ‘golden goodbye’ than most.

Several years ago, Julie O’Neill, who began her career as a civil servant in the Office of the Revenue Commissioners, told Keating the back story of Bank of Ireland’s gold sovereigns.

O’Neill – who is now a non-executive director of Permanent TSB, serves on the board of Ryanair ...