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Wed 10 Oct 2009Ireland tops press freedom index
Press freedom watchdog Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF) has warned that changes in legislation are proving a threat to press freedom in Europe following the publication of its worldwide Press Freedom Index.
The Paris-based organisation which measures the freedom of the press around the globe, ranked Ireland in joint-first position with Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden in the Press Freedom Index 2009.
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