Text alert system to give communities live updates on crime

Community organisations in west Waterford are to get live information on crimes and suspicious activity as part of a new text alert system.

Gardaí will disseminate the information free to Neighbourhood Watch and Community Alert groups who will then forward it to locals in what is hoped will be a valuable tool in the fight against crime

Superintendent Michael Leacy, who is in charge of the Dungarvan Garda District, said the system would be operated in conjunction with Community Alert and Neighbourhood Watch schemes across an area which has a population of 10,000.