Older farmers advised to apply for alarm under Seniors Alert Scheme

Older farmers have been advised by the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers Association to consider applying to their local community group for a personal alarm under the Seniors Alert Scheme.

ICSA rural development chairman Billy Gray issued the advice in the wake of what he described as a wave of rural crime.

He said subsidised monitored personal alarms are available to all those aged 65 or over who meet the criteria of the scheme and have a landline telephone.