# Burglary

All time

# dark winter months

Burglars are most likely to come through your front door in the early evening

Gardaí are urging people to ensure that houses look occupied.

25.9k

Oct 25th 2016, 8:44 AM

# Stolen

Thieves cut power and steal up to €20,000 from Cliffs of Moher visitor centre

No arrests have been made.

26.8k

Oct 4th 2016, 7:49 AM

# Cork

Man in his 60s receives puncture wounds in aggravated burglary

The suspect fled the scene but after an immediate search operation, a man in his early 30s and a woman in her mid 20s were arrested.

9.7k

Sep 13th 2016, 1:16 PM

# Crime victims helpline

Assault and burglary account for nearly half the calls received by the Crime Victims Helpline in 2015

40% of people who contacted the helpline were looking for emotional support.

4.9k

Aug 31st 2016, 11:58 AM

# Burglary

Men arrested for burglary after gardaí stop stolen car pulling out of driveway

The two men were remanded in custody to appear on 31 August before Cloverhill District Court.

36.9k

Aug 26th 2016, 10:03 PM

# rural crime

Rural 'spotters' make money spying on farmers and selling information to criminal gangs

It is difficult for gardaí to secure prosecutions against these people as they need to link them directly to the crime.

20.2k

Aug 23rd 2016, 6:01 AM

# Kildare Town

Three teenagers arrested over early morning shop robbery

Gardaí said the teenagers took a quantity of cash and cigarettes from the shop before fleeing the scene in a car.

18.0k

Aug 9th 2016, 10:22 AM

# Limerick

Men jailed for 'despicable' burglary on home of elderly couple who died within weeks of each other

The two men were jailed for five years altogether.

30.2k

Jul 27th 2016, 10:36 PM

# Courts Service

There has been a jump in divorce cases, with more women than men applying

Meanwhile, the District Court dealt with 12,000 drugs offences and 30,000 public order offences in 2015.

14.9k

103

Jul 12th 2016, 3:50 PM

# Midlands

Four gardaí injured arresting men suspected of running burglary ring

The men were in a 4×4 which rammed a Garda car.

25.1k

Jul 12th 2016, 2:26 PM

# dardistown

Man charged after woman threatened with knife during burglary

The burglary took place on Friday evening at a house in Dardistown.

17.2k

Jul 3rd 2016, 3:37 PM

# Crime

There has been an increase in sexual assaults and a decrease in burglaries

There were more than 10,000 fewer burglary and theft-related offences in the 12 months to March 2016.

10.9k

Jun 29th 2016, 3:07 PM

# Westmeath

Three people charged after large amount of cash stolen from Athlone shop

Two men and a woman were arrested in Co Offaly.

15.3k

Jun 23rd 2016, 7:19 AM

# public attitudes

Most people in Ireland trust gardaí but many victims feel they won't do anything

A survey published this morning shows all groups in society believe sexual offences should be the main priority for gardaí.

9.4k

Jun 16th 2016, 11:32 AM

# Burglary

Four arrested after burglary at the home of elderly man

The man was threatened in the incident.

16.8k

May 12th 2016, 3:18 PM

# hard to miss

Florida burglar identified thanks to facial tattoo of, er, Florida

He also has stars tattooed on his face and ‘red rum’ tattooed on his neck.

15.8k

Apr 6th 2016, 9:56 PM

# New Zealand

Watch: Thief hides under duvet as he burgles house

He didn’t quite manage to evade the CCTV cameras.

13.7k

Apr 4th 2016, 3:02 PM

# Investigation

Man arrested after four armed robberies carried out over two days

The first three burglaries were carried out within 12 hours of each other.

22.2k

Apr 2nd 2016, 10:49 AM

15-year-old due up in court charged with 10+ burglaries on one night

The youth is charged with 10 counts of burglary and three counts of attempted burglary.

23.7k

Apr 1st 2016, 5:36 PM

# crime statistics

Big rise in kidnapping, murder threats and sexual offences

But there’s been a massive drop in the number of murders, according to new crime statistics.

12.9k

Mar 30th 2016, 1:38 PM

# Baltinglass

Gardaí appeal for information on men who beat Wicklow pensioner with iron bar

The assault occurred when three men broke into the pensioner’s (a man in his late 80s) home on the night of 16 March.

18.0k

Mar 19th 2016, 3:32 PM

# Meath

Man in his 90s attacked during rural burglary

This happened shortly after 8pm last night.

18.2k

Mar 10th 2016, 10:18 PM

# Aggravated Burglary

Disabled woman hospitalised after being attacked in her own home

Police in Northern Ireland are investigating an aggravated burglary at house in south Belfast.

15.7k

Feb 28th 2016, 3:22 PM

# sallynoggin

Mother-of-one who hit paralysed woman over head with wine bottle jailed for four and a half years

Grace Tormey (22) had struck the paralysed woman during an aggravated burglary at her home in south Dublin in November 2012.

26.9k

Feb 26th 2016, 3:35 PM

# Belfast

Masked men with hammers smash up house with toddler inside

The men broke windows and caused damage to the kitchen and bathroom, but no one was injured in the incident.

15.6k

Feb 20th 2016, 10:26 AM

# Operation Thor

Six arrested after raids on houses across south Dublin

A stash of weapons and cash was discovered by gardaí.

38.4k

Feb 19th 2016, 6:39 PM

# Operation Thor

16 people arrested for theft, robbery and burglary in Kilkenny

Thirty horses were also seized in the Wetlands area of Kilkenny today.

24.3k

Feb 17th 2016, 8:39 PM

# Burglary

Judge felt 'no option' but to jail 16-year-old with no appropriate adult in his life

The judge said she hoped that custody may give the teenager stability.

22.7k

Feb 10th 2016, 5:09 PM

# Belfast

Thieves steal jewellery and games console after 'seeing family leave in ambulance'

Robbers targeted the Belfast home of a family that had been taken to hospital earlier that day.

14.6k

Jan 25th 2016, 9:03 AM

# Ashbourne

Man arrested after woman finds him in her home

He will appear in court today.

28.6k

Jan 23rd 2016, 11:36 AM

# Fighting Crime

Frances Fitzgerald says the battle against burglaries is being won

They won’t be wiped though, she says.

8.3k

Jan 21st 2016, 11:39 AM

# Hatton Garden

The men behind the biggest burglary in English history

Seven members of the gang who broke into the vault were found guilty today.

21.0k

Jan 14th 2016, 9:24 PM

# Burglars

Couple attacked by burglars after returning home with their children

The three burglars, described as eastern European men, took a sum of money and phones.

58.6k

Jan 6th 2016, 10:13 PM

# Crime

Three strikes and life: This is Renua's radical policy on crime

Renua’s election manifesto includes a measure that would jail some repeat burglars for life.

23.9k

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Jan 4th 2016, 12:29 PM

# Armagh

Police slam "despicable and dangerous" burglars who left weapon to be found by children

An air rifle, a gun cabinet and ammunition were discovered.

11.0k

Dec 23rd 2015, 1:48 PM

# London

Police hunt for burglars who stole presents from under a family's Christmas tree

The two also destroyed the toys of the victims’ baby.

21.4k

Dec 22nd 2015, 9:21 AM

# Coleraine

Woman threatened in her home by men brandishing knives

This happened in Coleraine at around 5.30pm yesterday evening.

9.3k

Dec 19th 2015, 11:15 AM

# lock your doors

There were almost 30,000 burglaries in Ireland in the first nine months of 2015

It’s not all bad news however, murder offences have fallen by almost a third.

11.5k

Dec 18th 2015, 3:44 PM

# eva sutton

Two men detained over brutal assault on elderly woman (90) in home raid

Eva Sutton was beaten by two raiders in an attack that lasted more than an hour.

22.6k

Dec 15th 2015, 7:55 PM

# Pennsylvania

Burglar caught after robbing office while wearing shirt with his name written on it

Not the smartest move.

25.0k

Dec 13th 2015, 7:45 AM