Text alert service to warn teachers about paedophiles

AN alert text service to warn teachers of the presence of paedophiles in and around their schools is to be set up in Cork.

The Eircom-sponsored service will enable gardaí to warn teachers of known offenders or suspicious people lurking around schools in the Gurranabraher, Knocknaheeny, Blarney Street, Blarney and Ballincollig areas of the city.

Superintendent Con Cadogan, who is in charge of the service, said the safeguard was just one of a multitude of uses the text service will offer.