There's been a spike in bicycle thefts in Dublin, as bike sales surged during the lockdown.
There was a 46 per cent jump in reported robberies in the capital in June, with 434 bikes stolen.
That compares with 297 during the same month last year.
Nationally bike thefts increased by 40 per cent in June to 600.
Meanwhile thefts in March and April, when the two kilometre travel restriction was in place, fell by as much as 19 per cent.
The true figure is expected to be much higher with only a third of such robberies being reported to Gardaí.
Colm Ryder from cyclist.ie says an increase in thefts can happen when there's been an increase in demand;
"There's been a massive increase in bike sales in the last number of months, during people lockdown buying bikes, to such that bike shops are running out of bikes. But often people who buy bikes they either don't buy a lock or they buy a very cheap lock which is easily broken or broken into by thieves."
