Thieves on bikes 'targeting iPhone users'

Gardaí in Dublin are responding to a spate of iPhone thefts in the capital.

Additional members of the force are being deployed to blackspot areas, such as the International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) in Fitzwilliam Place.

Thefts jumped in May and June of this year, with reports that women talking on their phones are being targeted in particular.

Thieves on bikes are said to be shadowing victims and snatching the phones from their hands as they cycle by.