‘Significant rise’ in homicide stats after review

There will be a “significant increase” to previous homicide statistics when the CSO resumes publication of crime data next week.

The rise follows an in-depth review by the CSO of homicide data going back to 2003 and an examination of 41 cases by gardaí between 2013 and 2015.

There have been no official crime statistics for a year after the CSO decided to defer publication over the quality of homicide figures.