Tigre celtique
Transparency International's 2017 Corruption Perception Index ranks the country 19th place out of 180 countries. During the years before the Celtic Tiger (1995–2007), political corruption was at its worst with many politicians suspected of corruption, while financial corruption was at its peak during the Celtic Tiger years. In 2003 Ireland signed the United Nations Convention against Corruption treaty and ratified it on 11 November 2011.