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More than one-third of farmers have been victims of burglary

A shortage of Gardaí and a lack of prison spaces are being blamed for spiking levels in ru...
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15.41 26 Sep 2015


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More than one-third of farmers have been victims of burglary

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15.41 26 Sep 2015


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A shortage of Gardaí and a lack of prison spaces are being blamed for spiking levels in rural crime.

A recent RedC poll in The Irish Farmers' Journal found 38% of farmers said they were victims of burglary.

According to the publication, over 40,000 farms ave been robbed in the past five years, with 14,000 in the past year alone.

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Of those a third have been targeted more than once.

Leinster – excluding Dublin – has suffered most, with over half of farmers there reporting a robbery.

Irish Independent crime journalist Paul Williams has a theory about re-offending rates:


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