Press Freedom Index - It shouldn’t be confined to the media

IRELAND has fallen five places from ninth to 14th in the latest Press Freedom Index, published by Reporters Without Borders.

The 2017 Press Freedom Index reveals that, as in other matters of liberalism, the Nordic countries lead the way, with Norway in pole position.

For most people, that may not be Earth-shattering news, of interest only to journalists and others who work in the media.