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THE CENTRAL STATISTICS Office (CSO) has confirmed that a computer glitch resulted in the small village of Kerrykeel in Donegal being pinpointed as one of the worst areas in the country for crime.
Crime statistics for the second quarter of 2013 were released on Tuesday, including a breakdown of crimes by garda stations across the country on the CSO website.
The newly published figures suggested a significant increase in crimes like fraud, burglary and sexual assault in the village of 400 residents. The statistics were actually those of Kevin Street Garda Station in Dublin’s city cenre.
A spokesperson for the CSO told TheJournal.ie that this was caused by “a temporary computer glitch in the outputting”.
“It was brought to our attention that day and was corrected by 1pm on Tuesday – as soon as it was brought to our attention it was immediately fixed,” they said.
The spokesperson said they were not aware of this happening before with crime statistics.
Editor of the Tirconnell Tribune, John McAteer, told the BBC that people in the “sleepy village” of Kerrykeel were “shocked” by the incident.
“This is a very quiet and beautiful place and the mistake has become the talk in local shops and pubs,” he said.
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Syrian Observatory for Human Rights? You mean the pro-Al Nusra Brit in Coventry that refuses to cite his sources, data and methadology?
@Cormac Ó Braonáin: the SOHR the shifted is stance over the course of the war as the rebels became more extreme, while initially supporting the FSA during he first few years of the war, the SOHR does not support the rebels any more. The SOHR clearly sided with the Kurds during last January’s Turkish led Operation Olive Branch (the Turkish and Syrian Rebel invasion of Kurdish region of Afrin of NW Syria). The SOHR released a lot of inaccurate news reports that supported the Kurdish YPG (false claims of Kurdish victories against the Syrian Rebels). A bit like Comical Ali, remember him?
Here’s the bomb attack (graphic), seems it was a suicide bomber wearing an explosive vest…
US backed terrorists killed by US backed terrorists?
Divide and conquer.
@paul kelly: wtf?
@paul kelly:
The US government supported the Free Syrian Army, which was not an Islamic militant organisation.
ISIS hates the Western powers. therefore, the idea that the US government would support ISIS is absurd.
@Ciarán Masterson: As absurd as them supporting the Taliban and Al Quida?
@Ciarán Masterson: LOL – America have been supporting ISIS for years in Syria,
They like to play both sides of the coin, You genuinely have blinkers on and a childlike understanding of Americas role in all of this
@paul kelly: “US backed terrorists killed by US backed terrorists?”
Eh no, 9 civilians killed and about 20 injured, including children, when an ISIS suicide bomber blew himself up in a cafe. Here’s the bomb attack (graphic)
@paul kelly: If you’re referring to the Kurds, no. The YPG doesn’t do suicide bombings and nowhere in the Journal article does it say who was responsible. And in any case, it was mostly civilians that were killed.
US-backed soldier? Who makes this shyte up? The word is Mercenary
Even thought US is leaving Syria the economic sanctions and sanctions against any ships going to Syria…By both the EU and US…..Will keep the people of Syria impoverished for years….Unable to rebuild their country….
5 US soldiers killed according to Turkish leader Erdogan in his address, He is stating that it was an attack designed to keep the us in Syria, but he thinks it won`t affect the US withdrawal as it would mean a victory for Daesh.
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