Media ‘hypes and over-reports crime in Limerick’

A LEADING academic said yesterday that statistics prove Limerick’s crime profile is hyped and over-reported by the media.

Media ‘hypes and over-reports crime in Limerick’

Professor Stephen O’Brien said garda crime figures do not support the image of the city as having a disproportionate level of serious crime.

Prof O’Brien, head of the University of Limerick’s applied mathematics faculty, said he decided to research crime as it seemed to be a particular issue in Limerick.

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