Press freedom index in Ireland 2013-2024
Ireland's press freedom index in 2024 was 85.59, the eighth best in the world. The index presents an overview of the plurality and independence of the media and how safe and free it is for journalist to work, with higher scores indicating a better situation for the press and lower scores a worse one. Ireland tends to have a good degree of press freedom, and was outranked only by Norway in 2023. By 2024, the country fell down the ranking but remained in the top 10.