A small rural community on the Cork-Limerick border is taking unprecedented steps to combat rural crime. Locals are mounting patrols outside Masses to prevent break-ins to cars and visiting vulnerable people to offer advice on securing their homes and property. People living in Glenroe, Co Limerick, which is northwest of Mitchelstown and nestled under the Galtee Mountains, were forced to set up patrols outside Mass after worshippers’ cars were broken into. Lisa-Marie Sheehy, the chairperson of Glenroe- Ballyorgan Community Alert, said people did not feel safe in their homes anymore. In addition to the Mass patrols, community alert volunteers are visiting vulnerable people and advising them on how to make their homes safe.

Source: Irish Examiner February 16, 2018 02:29 UTC