How to keep your home safe in warm weather as open windows and staycations offer opportunities for burglars

Leading garda has tips on how to avoid being targeted over the summer months

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Robin Schiller

With the warm weather set to continue over the coming days, gardaí are advising of certain scenarios that criminals will try to exploit.

Burglaries are one crime group that decreased significantly in the past 18 months, but with more people spending time outside of their home, or leaving windows open during the warmer weather, it will give opportunists a chance to strike.