By international comparison Ireland has the 9th highest death rate from COVID-19 in the world, but do the numbers stack up, is there a data collection issue, or should we just mindlessly put on the green jersey and forget how numbers work?

https://www.independent.ie/world-news/coronavirus/simon-harris-i-cant-see-people-in-packed-pubs-again-as-long-as-this-virus-is-with-us-39139011.html