It seems we’re the best country in the world — officially

It seems we are a great little nation after all. A new worldwide index of places to live has named Ireland as the best country in which to live.

Using a wide range of UN data, The Good Country Index ranked 125 countries around the world “on what they contribute to humanity and the rest of the planet”.

And it seems that, in the words of the organisers, Ireland is “the goodest country in the world” — which might be news to many of us.