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    Wicklow Ranks Join 5th On National Integrity Index of Local Authorities

    Irish County and City Councils published more financial and ethics-related information in 2019 than was the case last year.

    The Index by Transparency International Ireland is used to judge councils on transparency, accountability and ethics given they spent 5 billion euro of public money last year.

    It finds Fingal and South Dublin County Councils are the most transparent, while Kerry and Westmeath are the worst performing.

    Wexford, Galway County and Kilkenny showed the biggest improvements.

    But the body claims too few are open with their efforts to tackle the risk of corruption, with just 10 of the 31 local authorities publishing donations statements or ethics declarations of their councillors.

    The Index finds councils published more information than was the case last year, but none put online the diaries of their chief executives.

    National Integrity Index – Local Authorities 2019 Results

    Ranking

    Council

    Score

    (out of 30)

    %

    1.

    Fingal County Council, South Dublin County Council

    22

    73

    3.

    Monaghan County Council

    21

    70

    4.

    Kildare County Council

    20

    67

    5.

    Dublin City Council

    Kilkenny County Council

    Meath County Council

    Wexford County Council

    Wicklow County Council*

    19

    63

    10.

    Clare County Council

    Donegal County Council

    Galway City Council

    Tipperary County Council

    18

    60

    14.

    Cavan County Council

    Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council

    Limerick City and County Council

    17

    57

    17.

    Sligo County Council

    16

    53

    18.

    Cork City Council

    Cork County Council

    Galway County Council

    Roscommon County Council

    Waterford City and County Council

    15

    50

    23.

    Carlow County Council

    Laois County Council

    Leitrim County Council

    Louth County Council

    14

    47

    27.

    Longford County Council

    Mayo County Council

    Offaly County Council

    13

    43

    30.

    Kerry County Council

    Westmeath County Council

    12

    40

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