Minister’s crime rise claim is nonsense

IN his response to the latest figures which show violent crime to be soaring, Justice Minister Michael McDowell has claimed the increase is in line with what might be expected given the large increase in the population over the last five years.

Is the minister seriously suggesting the increase in crime is entirely the fault of immigrants and toddlers under the age of five?

The notion that crime must inexorably rise is in line with an increase in population in patent nonsense.