TRUST IN THE GOVERNMENT increased over the last year in Ireland – although more people trust the media that trust the government.
The latest Edelman Trust Barometer shows that the general public’s overall trust in the government has risen 3 per cent to 23 per cent.
However, the report also found that seven out of ten people in Ireland don’t trust government leaders to tell them the truth.
Globally, scepticism increased as trust in governments fell 9 per cent to 43 per cent – the largest global fall for government trust in over a decade.
Trust in businesses in Ireland fell 3 per cent to 46 per cent last year (the global average is down 3 per cent to 53 per cent).
Despite a global trend of increased trust in the media, this fell by 3 per cent in Ireland last year to 35 per cent.
Overall, Ireland is no longer the least trusting country in the world; Germany, Spain, Japan and Russia all scored lower than Ireland in the latest trust barometer.
In pictures: the main findings of the 2012 Edelman Trust Barometer:
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