Pensioners join volunteers to help battle rural crime

These volunteers — many of whom will be pensioners themselves — will work closely with the gardaí who do not have the resources to visit and advise elderly people who may be living alone.

The Department of Justice is set to sign off on funding for the project — which is as part of Community Alert Programme — and this would see volunteers visit the homes of vulnerable, isolated and elderly people in the community.

Niall Garvey CEO of Munitir na Tíre which will run the government funded scheme said a pilot of crime prevention ambassadors in Monaghan, Cavan and Meath has proven extremely successful.