You wouldnÂ’t leave 500 euro in cash on a table or bar counter, so why do it with a mobile phone.
ThatÂ’s the warning from Gardai as they launch a push to help you keep your phones safe. It's part of a major pre-Christmas briefing by community gardai.
12 thousand phones were robbed in the last year and Sergeant Alan Roughneen says there are a few simple steps you need to do in case your phone goes missing: