Rebuild trust - Transparency in charities

In Finland, the country’s top 10,000 or so earners’ tax bill is published each year. Known as “national envy day”, this openness seems a very practical commitment to the idea of transparency — and civic morality.

In Ireland, it would fill our cardiac wards if it was even suggested that we detail individual contributions to the national pot — but how revealing it might be. However, we might take some small steps along that road.