‘Equal pay for equal work’ Anne Doyle on RTÉ gender pay gap
Last week, The Sunday Independent revealed that RTÉ news presenter Sharon Ní Bheoláin earns €60,000 – €80,000 less than her male co-anchor Bryan Dobson.
This led to a major debate about the gender pay gap in Ireland.
Now, former news anchor Anne Doyle, who has 33 years in the industry under her belt, has offered her thoughts on the subject.
'Like any right-minded person, I believe in equal pay for equal work,' she told The Irish Independent.
"I think if anyone is being short-changed then they are quite right to make their views very plain. I think 'fair play'."
'People have a point to make and now is the time to make it.'
"My dim memory of my career is that I had a pretty damn good idea what people were being paid,' she said, expressing that during her time at RTÉ, she wasn't under the impression that she was being 'short-changed.'
"To the best of my knowledge, I never had the experience of sitting beside a person who was doing the same job and getting paid more.'
"Had that been the case I would have been very cross indeed.'
RTÉ confirmed last week that a review of role and gender equality across the organisation will take place, and that details of the review will be announced 'soon.'
