🇮🇪 Ireland Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇮🇪 Ireland IE / IRL #118

Nomad Score 58.0

Cities 20

Region European Union, Anglosphere, Tech Startup Ecosystems, Remote Work Friendly Countries, Coworking Hotspots, Islands, Europe, Europe, Northern Europe

Currency EUR

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary parliamentary republic

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 76/100

Press Freedom (2025) 86.9/100 #7

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.887

HDI 0.949

Regional Blocs EU

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Unitary parliamentary republic

Title	Name
President of Ireland	Catherine Connolly
Taoiseach	Micheál Martin

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 76 / 100

Interpretation Low corruption

Source: Transparency International / Corruption Insights API. Higher scores = less corruption.

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 86.9 / 100

Global Rank #7 / 180

Rank Change +1 vs previous year

RSF Zone UE Balkans

Political #2 91.3

Economic #6 78.8

Legal #24 81.5

Social #5 87.3

Safety #4 95.8

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Higher scores = better press freedom.

📊 PRESS FREEDOM DIMENSIONS

Five dimensions of press freedom tracked over time. Higher = better.

🗳 DEMOCRACY INDEX

Electoral (2025) 0.887

Liberal 0.822

Participatory 0.619

Deliberative 0.804

Egalitarian 0.775

Source: V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy), CC-BY-SA. Scale: 0 (least democratic) to 1 (most democratic).

📋 PRESS FREEDOM HISTORICAL DATA

Year	Score	Rank	Political	Economic	Legal	Social	Safety
2025	86.9	7	91.3	78.8	81.5	87.3	95.8
2024	85.6	8	89.9	77.0	80.5	86.6	94.1
2023	89.9	2	93.9	82.1	82.6	94.0	96.9
2022	88.3	6	89.2	79.1	85.1	92.5	95.6
2021	88.1	12	-	-	-	-	100.0
2020	87.4	13	-	-	-	-	100.0
2019	85.0	15	-	-	-	-	34.8
2018	85.4	16	-	-	-	-	100.0
2017	85.9	14	-	-	-	-	100.0
2016	87.6	9	-	-	-	-	72.9
2015	88.8	11	-	-	-	-	100.0
2014	89.1	16	-	-	-	-	-
2013	89.9	15	-	-	-	-	-
2012	-4.0	15	-	-	-	-	-
2010	2.0	10	-	-	-	-	-
2009	0.0	1	-	-	-	-	-
2008	2.0	4	-	-	-	-	-
2007	2.0	8	-	-	-	-	-
2006	0.5	2	-	-	-	-	-
2005	0.5	1	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index