Survey finds public sector corruption static

IRELAND’S reputation for corruption in the public sector has not improved in the past year according to Transparency International.

Rated the 18th least corrupt in a list of 163 countries, it falls well behind fellow EU member state, Finland, which topped the list and Denmark, Sweden, the Netherlands, Britain and Germany.

Its score remained static at 7.4 this year, which is well down from the 8.57 achieved in 1995 when the country ranked 11th in the world.