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Last year
2023
Coalition of press freedom organisations raises concerns with Sinn Féin leader over legal actions
'A scale of death unknown this century': Over 30 journalists killed in Israel-Hamas war to date
All time
389 journalists were jailed in 2019, half in China, Egypt and Saudi Arabia
Ireland warned its highly concentrated media ownership is 'single largest threat to press freedom'
Guess where Ireland ranks in the world in terms of press freedom...
Ireland ranks 15th on latest global Press Freedom Index
2012 deadliest year for journalists as 88 killed worldwide