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Homicide
Murders and Manslaughter in 21st Century Ireland
John Burke & Eoghan Rice

Ireland is not as safe as we would like to think. In Ireland in 1960 there were only five homicides. Today, only 40 years later, there are 10 times as many murder and manslaughter cases each year.

Why are two-thirds of the fatal assaults on women committed in their own home?
What is the most dangerous county in our state?
Why are 66% of all children murdered in Ireland killed by one of their parents?
Why are Lithuanian men twice as likely to die violently in Ireland, than in their native country?

From drunken brawls and domestic disputes to the unnerving rise of organised crime and gangland killings, in Homicide investigative journalists, John Burke and Eoghan Rice, put our increasingly violent state under the microscope. They uncover shocking facts and hard-hitting statistics that expose the growing thirst for violence in Irish society.

This book is a must read for anyone who wants a better understanding of the reality of life in Ireland today.