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COMMUNITY TEXT ALERT AREA LAUNCH IN ANGLESBORO: At last Friday night’s launch were, l-r: John O’Halloran, Garda John Curtin, Tom Hogan, Senator James Heffernan, Eddie Moriarty and Garda John Hennessy. Photo: John Ahern

Anglesboro in south Limerick has all the benefits of rural living and the closely knit nature of inhabitants ensures people look out for each other. Occassionally there's an incident that disrupts the peace but thankfully such cases are rare.

In a prudent and sensible move, locals are embracing the phenomenon of texting, to keep themselves and their neighbours safer and more secure.

The village and its environs has enthusiastically embraced a community text alert service that 'alerts' and 'informs' a network of individuals about the movements/actions of undesirable visitors - the service also has the potential to be a vital crime fighting tool for members of An Garda Siochana, whose structure and organization isbeing radically overhauled.

In Anglesboro Hall last Friday night, the service was offically launched. At the meeting, chaired by prominent community activist, Eddie Moriarty, a good sized crowd were told about the advantages of the new system.

While there was some reservations expressed about the potential of the technology to invade a person's privacy, the consensus was very supportive of a service that's provided by the firm 'Grapevine' at a cost of approximately, €1,000.

Speakers at the launch included, Mitchelstown community garda, John Hennessy, Ballylanders based garda, John Curtin and Labour senator, James Heffernan.

Garda Curtin pointed to the success of the scheme in Glenbrohane while Senator Heffernan observed that communities had to move with the times and harness the potential of modern technology.

Welcoming the new text alert service, Garda Hennessy went on to say the force relied heavily on the goodwill, support and co-operation of the public in combating crime.

Eddie Moriarty told the gathering that a small amount of fine tuning was still necessary before the scheme was fully operational and that signs informing the public about the existence of the service would be erected shortly.

Information from the text alert service will be circulated among a local network of people in addition to being forwarded to garda stations in Mitchelstown and Bruff.

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