Dublin s Q102 By Alison O Reilly File pic Dublin City had the highest crime rates in the country last year, with Louth and Waterford also over the national average.
Figures in the Independent show a fall in some serious crimes due the pandemic, but drugs and weapons incidents are on the rise.
Dublin City Council areas recorded over 150 weapons crimes in 2020, per 100,000 population.
The lowest number of weapons incidents happened in County Mayo, with just 26 for every hundred thousand people.
Dublin s Q102 By Alison O Reilly Gardai here in Dublin are appealing for witnesses to a fatal road crash to come forward.
A man in his 20s died last night when his car struck a pillar on the Old North Road in Finglas.
The collision on the R135 happened around half past 8.
A passenger in the car, also in his 20s, is in hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
Dublin s Q102 By Alison O Reilly There are a further 320 confirmed cases of Covid 19 and no new deaths.
There has been a total of 4,718 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland and 238,466 cases.
As of April 2nd 2021, 923,878 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered here.