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WITH THE CLOCKS going back an hour, Gardaí have cautioned people to be aware as the evenings grow longer and darker.
They say that international evidence shows that there is an estimated 20 percent increase in crime across the winter months.
In particular, a burglary is most likely to take place in the hours of 4pm to 9pm, while Thursday, Friday and Saturday are the most likely days for the crime in winter.
Gardaí have commenced the latest seasonal phase for its Operation Thor which is designed to tackle the anticipated increase in the number of burglaries and associated criminal activity that usually occur in winter months.
While statistics showed the crime dropped by a third during the pandemic, gardaí are warning people to be vigilant and have pointed to a number of simple steps to help protect your home, including:
• Turn on some lights
• Use timer switches
• Lock all doors and windows
• Use an alarm
• Store keys away from windows
• Don’t keep large amounts of cash or jewellery in the house
Commenting, Assistant Commissioner John O’Driscoll with responsibility for Organised & Serious Crime warned that residential burglaries have “a particularly devastating effect on its victims”, and said that gardaí would focus efforts on interrupting and preventing burglaries over the coming months.
He said gardaí will aim to work with local communities and with victims as part of the Operation.
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Changing the clocks is pointless. Should stop this nonsense. Just leave it on summer time.
@Jane Alford: Thanks for the input.
@Jane Alford: argee you about summer time should stay forever. I don’t like change time to early dark
@Brian Flavin: Your fully vaccinated so everything will be fine Brian
@Jane Alford: how do you figure that changing the clocks is pointless? What about the men and women that work in construction and farming in this country alone. No day light until 10:00am in the morning at the height of winter does not sound very appealing or safe.
@Michael Cawley: so as per usual the majority have to cater for the few. Typical Irish attitude
@United Ireland: you are out of question. Not about vaccine
@Michael Cawley: what about all the men and women who work in construction in the Nordics where I am now? Jeeze how do they survive….a little secret LIGHTS DAMN IT LIGHTS!!! People have survived millennia in the dark.amd learned to get on with it.
@Michael Cawley: I imagine that such workers would simply start an hour later in the morning & finish an hour later in the evening. These unnecessary time changes are a damn nuisance at this stage.
@Michael Cawley: Those industries work to daylight and artificial light. The clocks are irrelevant.
@Jane Alford: i assume you live a life that doesn’t depend on daylight hours… Go back to bed
@Jane Alford: it’s winter time it would be left on
@United Ireland: funny how these mor0ns never know the correct ‘you’re’ and ‘your’ to use. It’s like a calling sign.
Love the clocks going back and the long stretch in the summer.
Hope it never changes.
Even if it does I’ll stay on the same time and will always be early.
I will also start a protest movement called “bring back time” which will dwindle into insignificance.
Incidentally, putting the clocks back or forward doesn’t change the number of hours of darkness. This is what leads to more burglaries, not the time on the clock.
@lelookcoco: the time on the clock does matter. There’s a good chance a home will be empty between 4pm and 6pm while people are at work so now that it will be darker earlier, burglaries at that time are more likely.
One shot, bang bang
@Jonathan: that’s two shots :P
Shush, he tells this one lovely
Don’t bother calling 999/112
Thank you An Garda Síochána for the warning, my only question is, if I call you from my house in rural Ireland with an emergency, will you respond? Will you drop the call? Will you make it here within 3 hours…? This is Garda press office cr@p, they honestly don’t care at all, but must be seen to care so that they don’t come under huge public investigation for being unfit for purpose. I can guarantee that if I called them right now, it’d be 2 hours before they’d arrive.
I just hope those burglars will be wearing masks.
@lelookcoco: huh? So they can’t be identified?
Agree fully..but that’s two shots!
Didn’t the EU vote and agree to stop this nonsense?
@Jules: They need more time.
What if the burglars forget to put their clocks back?
Be more aware for the next 6 months. Thanks for the tip
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