Deirdre Mortell: We need to talk about gender equality every day, not just today Women are not represented at many of the top tables of Irish business — so we need to act and we need to do so now 8th March, 2021 ‘Research found that all-male teams make better business decisions 58 per cent of the time, while gender diverse teams do so 73 per cent of the time’ I don’t want to talk about women in business on International Women’s Day. I want to talk about women in business in Ireland every day. The old chestnut of IWD is here again and every editor has been quaking at the sound of the cliché.