Males account for most barricade incidents, but females increasingly involved, garda report says

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The Garda 2025 Annual Report says women accounted for almost one in five of barricade cases in 2025. File picture

There was a significant increase in barricade incidents involving women last year, according to the Garda 2025 Annual Report. It says women accounted for almost one in five of the cases in 2025.

The report says that specialist garda negotiators engaged with 103 people who had barricaded themselves into a building, usually their home, and threatened to commit violence against other occupants and/or themselves.