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OVER 1,200 IRISH people were arrested by the UK’s Met Police up until the middle of October this year.
Data released to TheJournal.ie under Freedom of Information legislation provides a breakdown of the offences people were arrested for from 1 January to 21 October 2020 – a total of 1,227.
Two Irish citizens were arrested as part of murder probes and 30 were arrested on suspicion of making a murder threat.
A total of eight Irish people were arrested on suspicion of rape this year, while another 28 were arrested on suspicion of other sexual offences.
Meanwhile, 13 Irish citizens were arrested on suspicion of harassment and two were arrested on suspicion of indecent exposure.
Last year, a total of 1,178 arrests of Irish people were made by the Met Police up until 21 October of that year.
Most common offences
Similar to last year, the most common offence was assault. A total of 157 Irish people arrested over common assault offences.
Actual bodily harm (ABH) was the second most common offence at 92, followed closely by wanted on warrant at 91. A total of 34 people were arrested in investigations into grievous bodily harm (GBH).
Elsewhere, 24 Irish citizens were arrested for allegedly assaulting a police officer.
One person was arrested for a kidnapping offence.
In total, there were 90 separate offences that Irish people were arrested for, many of which were broken down into specific crimes.
For example, there were 11 separate listings for drug offences, as seen below.
In total, there were a total of 130 arrests made for such offences. The majority (44) related to possession of class B drugs.
Last year, a total of 65 drug offence arrests of Irish citizens were made.
Meanwhile, some 45 Irish people were arrested on suspicion of being drunk and disorderly, while 58 were arrested in probes into public order issues.
Driving offences
A total of 27 Irish people were arrested for having a positive breath test, up from 17 last year. A further seven were arrested for refusing a breath test.
A total of 10 Irish people were arrested on suspicion of being drunk while in charge of a motor vehicle, while nine were arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of drugs.
Two Irish people were arrested on suspicion of vehicle tampering and 33 were arrested as part of investigations into vehicle theft.
Another 20 people were arrested as part of investigations into criminal damage of motor vehicles.
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Could they make a commitment, to also not ramp up deforestation in the meantime?
I don’t get the waiting until 2030 if Deforestation is such a problem. It’s like an alcoholic deciding they have a massive drinking problem but deciding they’ll just enjoy it and go with the flow for another 10 years.
@Quiet Goer: i can quit whenever I want
@Quiet Goer: there are unfortunately entire communities that are unskilled, uneducated and whose lives revolve almost entirely around logging. To stop tomorrow, in a country with little to no social programs could mean anything from moving in to the drugs trade to human trafficking or worse
@Quiet Goer: Nothing to stop you from increasing the amount you drink until then either.
Mother earth will have the last laugh when she is finally rid of us.
@OConnelj: yes all it needs to do is let a super volcano
@MrJohne: she doesn’t need to do anything, we’ll make sure of that.
@OConnelj: very true. Our way is just alot more slow and painful. It is sad to think that anyone bringing children into the world today will inherit a world far worse off than the one we inherited. They will face incredible struggles and societal upheaval I fear. I pray to God that I’m wrong on this.
Meanwhile here in Ireland we continue to plant softwood forests for gain, these are dead zones and are no go areas for birds and wildlife.
@Charles Coughlan: It’s also been shown that young forests are a net carbon emitter and don’t become carbon negative until 20+ years after planting. If softwoods are planted and then harvested there is no benefit whatsoever.
Of course they will, all they have to do is put the word sustainable in front of deforestation, hire some clever PR companies and hey presto it’s done. Kinda like sustainable fishing!!!!!
@Derek Lyster: hey, those fish stocks are under fished!
@Derek Lyster: another way around that is to burn large areas of forest by accident & blame climate change.
Then the land could be farmed rather than being replanted.
Why don’t they say who’s really causing global warming, 1921 1.5 billion on planet 2021 over 8 billion, food and water shortage as we speak , migration going to get worse . Too many people consuming more than earth can deliver . We are going to need a thinning of the herd for the world to survive. How about a nice cup of tea then?
@brendan o connell: Apres-vous, Monsieur.
@brendan o connell: “Too many people consuming more than earth can deliver”
Particularly in the west. We use far more resources per capita then people in the developing world. Our consumerist society can’t continue.
@Will: China too. Broken record basing the West who probably are the greenest countries in the workd.
@Merlin Lancelot: The greenest today, look at historical data and how we benefited from using fossil fuels to industrialise and then later become “greener”. India and China have not had the same opportunities and also per capita emit way less CO2 which lends little credence to your ‘West is greener’ comment. Also how much of Chinaese and Indian emission are created making products demanded by the West?
No mention of Biden falling asleep during the speeches, it’s on most international news outlets
XI didn’t
@Jonathan O’Riordan: Xi is a plick
@OConnelj: totally agree
How about a ban on monoculture forests that destroy biodiversaty?
End it now…! More pie in the sky nonsense.
All for optics.
Believe it if you’re inocent.
No mention of sleepy Joe falling asleep? Imagine, his biggest priority is climate change and he cant keep his eyes open, says it all really.
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