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Mon 10 Oct 2009Ireland ranks high for life quality but low for poverty
IRELAND RANKS fifth in the world on a quality of life index but third worst among developed countries for poverty, a United Nations report has found.
The UN Development Programme’s Human Development Report 2009 puts Ireland behind Norway, Australia, Iceland and Canada in its development index of 182 countries and territories. This is unchanged from last year’s position and leaves Ireland ahead of all its EU neighbours.
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