Rural crime: Communities band together to defeat scourge of burglary

Colin Connolly, the IFA’s recently appointed rural crime-prevention executive is running the Theft Stop programme and is also helping the association in the areas of policy and development, particularly when it comes to issues touching on justice, equality and rural affairs.

A 12-year veteran of the Garda, he is well-placed to work with the force when it comes to developing initiatives to prevent and clamp down on rural crime and he will also be representing the IFA on such issues and developing relationships with anyone or any agency that can, as he puts it himself, support “positive change”.

“Already I have had an opportunity to address the joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice,” he said.