The Policing Authority has already dubbed the surge in domestic violence during the lockdown as “the second pandemic”. However, assaults on women in the 30-44 years age bracket increased by 13 cases, or two per cent, and attacks against women aged 60 years or over increased by 14 cases, or 18 per cent. The increase in attacks against women in these age groups is also out of step with trends in other crime types during the second quarter of the year. A number of other crime types increased during lockdown as gardaí mounted thousands of checkpoints nationwide. The number of drug driving cases detected during the second quarter of the year more than doubled; up to 108 per cent to 1,845 cases.

Source: The Irish Times September 29, 2020 13:30 UTC