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Ireland is moving toward increasingly low levels of corruption, according to a survey for 2009 published today by Transparency International (TI).

Ireland’s score has improved from 7.7 to 8 out of 10 since last year on the Corruption Perceptions Index, with a score close to 10 indicating extremely low levels of corruption, according to Transparency International Ireland.