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Ireland drops another place in global corruption ranking

Denmark was named the least corrupt state out of 176 countries, followed by New Zealand, Finland, Sweden and Switzerland.

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Jan 25th 2017, 10:14 PM

Despite our problems, Ireland is one of the least corrupt countries in the world

We placed alongside Japan and Hong Kong in Transparency International’s corruption index.

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Jan 27th 2016, 9:08 AM