Letters to the Editor: Garda boss links rise in number of thefts to high inflation levels

Letters to the Editor: Garda boss links rise in number of thefts to high inflation levels

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The garda commissioner’s statement that the rise in the number of thefts is linked to the cost-of-living crisis is an astonishing claim to make and one that needs to be challenged.

Never in all my years of service have I ever heard a senior manager in An Garda Síochána conflate the two.

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