Independent index puts Ireland’s press freedom at top in the world

IRELAND has the greatest press freedom in the world, according to an independent index of journalism around the globe.

Independent index puts Ireland’s press freedom at top in the world

With the least amount of violations against the press, Ireland sits alongside a number of northern European countries, including Finland, Denmark, Norway and Sweden, in the upper echelons of press freedom.

Pole position places Ireland well ahead of other English-speaking countries such as Britain, 21st, and the United States, 36th.

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