Speak Up Report 2025
Authored by: Donncha Ó Giobúin, Senior Speak Up Helpline / Office Coordinator, see PDF for full list.
Published by: Transparency International Ireland
Publication Date: 03 November 2025
About: Transparency International (TI) Ireland has today published its Speak Up Report 2025, revealing that women are more likely to experience negative consequences for reporting wrongdoing and that access to independent external advice remains one of the strongest factors in protecting whistleblowers from retaliation.
The report draws on anonymised data from over 2,800 people who sought guidance through TI Ireland’s Speak Up Helpline between 2011 and 2024, and regression analysis from the 2023 Integrity at Work (IAW) Survey of Irish employees and employers.
The survey found that 50% of women who said they had reported wrongdoing said they suffered negative consequences, with 37% of men claiming that whistleblowing had had a negative impact on them. In addition, analysis of survey data showed a 15.7 percentage points increase in the probability of negative consequences for those who identified as female in the survey.
However, it noted that those working in organisations that made their staff aware of access to external advice, such as a trade union, solicitor, or the Speak Up Helpline, were 20 per cent less likely to suffer negative consequences compared to those who raised concerns in an organisation without access to such supports.
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