Gardaí arrest man in Tipperary in relation to winter burglaries probe

A man was arrested in Tipperary earlier this year in relation to An Garda Síochána's Operation Thor, which aims to tackle residential burglaries during the winter season.

In a major update on Operation Thor, gardaí have said that residential burglaries nationally had dropped by 75% in winter 2024/2025, compared to when the operation started in 2014/2015.

In the update, gardaí said that one man was arrested in Tipperary in February of this year in connection with Operation Thor.

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The provisional burglary statistics also showed that there was less than one residential burglary per day per county nationally, with 3,000 residential burglaries reported this past winter, compared to 12,000 ten years ago.

During the winter phase of Operation Thor, gardaí made over 900 arrests including for burglary, aggravated burglary, or possession of an article, while there were over 2,000 charges linked to Operation Thor including burglary, aggravated burglary, or possession of an article.

Detective Chief Superintendent Boland of the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau (GNDOCB) said: "An Garda Síochána understands and recognises the deeply traumatic impact on any person when their home or business premises is burgled. The violation of a person’s home is the ultimate invasion of privacy and often times, even if nothing of sentimental or monetary value is taken, the place never feels comfortable to a victim again.

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"An Garda Síochána takes a whole of organisation approach to tackling rural residential burglaries being carried out by organised crime groups.  Significant detections carried out by Divisional Serious Crime units supported by National units clearly demonstrate An Garda Síochána’s determination to continue to detect and prevent these pernicious crimes," Chief Superintendent Boland said.