BURGLARIES UP 15 PERCENT IN RURAL GALWAY

Date Published: 18-Jun-2012

The number of burgleries in rural Galway has risen 15 percent on the same period last year.

That's according to figures published by An Garda Siochana and presented at this week's meeting of the County Joint Policing Committee.

The number of burgleries between January and May this year was 198 compared to 166 last year.

Superintendent Marie Skehill said that although this figure was high, it was down on last year's increase of 17 per-cent and much lower than the national average increase of 23 percent.