UN Rates Best, Worst Countries

UN Rates Best, Worst Countries
UN Rates Best, Worst Countries
UN Rates Best, Worst Countries
UN Rates Best, Worst Countries
UN Rates Best, Worst Countries
UN Rates Best, Worst Countries
UN Rates Best, Worst Countries
UN Rates Best, Worst Countries
UN Rates Best, Worst Countries
UN Rates Best, Worst Countries
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A family rests on a stone wall in Connemara, Ireland.

The Republic of Ireland was recently ranked fifth in a UN analysis of the best places to live.

Ireland's 4.1 million people have a very low long-term unemployment rateof 1.5 percentaccording to 2006 data in the Human Development Report 2007/2008.

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