'Really encouraging' results as DNA database identifies hundreds of suspects

Some 385 suspected offenders have been linked to crimes since the state's national DNA database was launched, it has been revealed.

'Really encouraging' results as DNA database identifies hundreds of suspects

Some 385 suspected offenders have been linked to crimes since the state's national DNA database was launched, it has been revealed.

In the first 15 months that Forensic Science Ireland (FSI) has operated the directory it linked suspects to two murders, five sexual assaults, 42 robberies or thefts and 295 burglaries.

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