Rising gun crime here to stay, finds study

IRELAND’S rising gun crime problem is here to stay despite Garda efforts to combat it, an expert study has indicated.

Ireland features as a case study in the most recent Small Arms Survey, an annual report which examines global gun ownership and associated issues.

The 2007 survey, conducted by researchers at the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva, was published in the latter half of last year, but not widely reported at the time.