Upsurge in rural crime the focus of UTV documentary 'Ireland’s Rural Crimewave'

A surge in incidents of rural crime is the focus of a documentary to be aired at 8pm tonight on UTV Ireland.

The programme, Insight: Ireland’s Rural Crimewave features interviews with gardaí and victims of rural crime, some of whom say they now keep shotguns in their homes as a means of protection from intruders.

The programme’s makers say they hope the documentary will draw attention to an “increasing epidemic spreading throughout isolated parts of rural Ireland”.