Ireland ranked 14th best in list of corrupt countries by perception

IRELAND has been placed 14th best on a list of 178 countries which have been ranked according to how corrupt they are perceived to be by business people.

According to the Corruption Perceptions index published by Transparency International (TI), Ireland remained at a score of eight out of 10, which suggests a low level of corruption.

Nearly 75% of the 178 countries in the survey scored worse than average on the scale, which ranges from zero (perceived to be highly corrupt) to 10 (perceived to have low levels of corruption).