DUBLIN city had the highest crime rates in Ireland last year, with gardaí in Louth and Waterford also investigating more offences than the national average per 100,000 of population.
Children as young as 12 were involved as violence flared during another night of disorder in parts of Northern Ireland, police said.
Officers came under attack and were pelted with petrol bombs in a night of violence in predominantly unionist estates in Londonderry on Sunday night.
The PSNI condemned “another night of senseless and reckless criminal behaviour” that began in the Waterside area of Derry at around 9pm.
Chief Superintendent Darrin Jones said: “Again we saw our officers targeted, pelted with petrol bombs and masonry in the Dungiven Road area, where pallets were placed on the road and set alight.
“This saw the main road closed for a time, causing disruption for local drivers.
He was rushed to the Mater Hospital where he sadly passed away yesterday afternoon.
A book of condolences has also been set up at the store in memory of the late shopkeeper.
Local Independent councillor Nial Ring said: “It’s an absolute tragedy, I’ve been there and it’s a very well known shop used by a lot of people.
“He was just a guy going about his business trying to make a living, and for something like this to happen is an absolute tragedy
“Unfortunately, people don’t like trying to take the law into their own hands but it’s a natural reaction when somebody robs your shop.
A chef, who was like a loaded gun while shoplifting in Dublin knowing he had tested positive for coronavirus, has been jailed for four months.
Wesley Geraghty (43), with a hostel address at Mary s Abbey, Dublin 7, was also given a €200 fine after he pleaded guilty to theft and leaving his residence in breach of the Health Act.
Garda Sergeant William Quirke told Judge Miriam Walsh that Geraghty, who had 97 previous criminal convictions, was arrested at Marks and Spencer on Grafton Street where a security guard stopped him taking €450 worth of cosmetics on Friday.
He admitted to gardaí he had Covid-19 and was directed to return to his isolation hostel and told he would be dealt with at a later stage.
And the Bray-born presenter and her husband, a comedian and narrator on
Love Island, looked proud and relaxed with their newborn as they went for coffee in London on Thursday.
The couple got married in Dublin last November and shared their first photo of the wedding on New Year’s Day. Laura then confirmed they were due to have a baby.
Laura previously confirmed that she was expecting a baby girl. Photos of the couple with a baby seat were published by the Daily Mail.
Writing in her new book, ‘No-one Can Change Your Life Except for You’, the ‘Love Island’ presenter says: “There’s a new chapter coming in my life in the form of a baby girl currently growing inside me.