Ireland: 16th LEAST corrupt nation

[Utopian Hermit Monk]

2008 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX


Denmark, Sweden and New Zealand top the list of least corrupt nations.

Ireland is in joint (with the UK) 16th place (up one place since last year)

The USA is in 18th place.

Most corrupt (180th place) is Somalia.

According to Transparency International:

It now means that global investors and analysts believe Ireland is no more corrupt than the UK, and just less so than Norway. However Ireland still lags way behind in the index from direct competitors for jobs and investment such as Hong Kong, Singapore, Finland and Denmark.

[expat girl]

2008 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

Denmark, Sweden and New Zealand top the list of least corrupt nations.

Ireland is in joint (with the UK) 16th place (up one place since last year)
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1 billion quid to Prince Bandar for the fighter planes contract and we STILL tie with the UK??? And they have the City of London??? The Iraq war and the reconstruction contracts?? Gahhh

Lads, we wuz robbed. I demand a recount......

[Utopian Hermit Monk]

1 billion quid to Prince Bandar for the fighter planes contract and we STILL tie with the UK??? And they have the City of London??? The Iraq war and the reconstruction contracts?? Gahhh

Lads, we wuz robbed. I demand a recount......

Maybe they got a sneak preview of the Mahon Tribunal's final report

[returning officer]

This will come as a shock to many on this site. I also suspect that we should move up further once Mahon et al have moved back to back to the Four Courts.

[katy brock]

2008 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX


Denmark, Sweden and New Zealand top the list of least corrupt nations.

Ireland is in joint (with the UK) 16th place (up one place since last year)

The USA is in 18th place.

Most corrupt (180th place) is Somalia.

According to Transparency International:

It now means that global investors and analysts believe Ireland is no more corrupt than the UK, and just less so than Norway. However Ireland still lags way behind in the index from direct competitors for jobs and investment such as Hong Kong, Singapore, Finland and Denmark.

I am now completely vinda...vinde.....vand.......somethingcated! It just goes to proove what I sed in the tribunals was wright all the time so it was and nobody else nows what ther talking about.. Any lulu what sez diffrent shud kill themselves.

Bartholomew.

[seabhcan]

This is all about 'perception' of corruption. The UK is far more corrupt than Ireland - they're just better at keeping it out of the papers - mainly because the people doing the corruption own the media.

Bertie's mistake was not investing his brown envolopes in buying the papers.

I see that Iraq is at position 178 and the US is at 18. This is a bit like Dorian Gray's picture in the attic.