Pretty Irish village named crime blackspot: why?

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Donegal landscape
Donegal landscape

There were a few surprised gasps when a list of crime blackspots in Ireland was released by the Central Statistics Office. The picturesque town of Kerrykeel in Donegal emerged as a major crime hotbed, with a huge spike in fraud, burglary and sexual assault.

So what happened, and where is crime really rife?
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