Figures show burglaries increased by 10 per cent last year, rising by 878 to 9,981

Judge Sheehan said O’Donovan used “significant violence” during the sexual attack on the woman.

Armed gardaí carried out a containment operation on the m50 last night after getting information from the PSNI about a suspected kidnapping in Belfast.

Diaz’s mother has been rescued but the Colombian authorities have stepped up the search for Luis Manuel Diaz.

Data from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) found theft and related offences were up 39 per cent in the 12-month period ending September 2022

William O’Donnell pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to falsely imprisoning and threatening to kill his former wife Brigid Reilly on September 20th, 2021.

Most other crimes also increased in the same period, with the other highest rate of increase seen in kidnapping and related offences