Community Alert is a crime prevention and community safety programme. It operates in partnership between Muintir na Tíre and An Garda Síochána
For details on how it is operated see below or at the links attached.

To avail of the Text Alert service complete the form below or get one from Killenaule post office.
The service cost is a yearly fee of €10 per mobile number.

Forms or fees can be dropped into Killenaule Post Office or Killenaule Vets for collection.

Text alerts are available for neighbouring areas too.
If you wish to avail of them, contact the community group in that area or ask in the local post office

Further information from Muintir na Tire

Further information from Garda.ie

Text Alert

Text Alert enables communities to set up a group to receive alerts advising them of suspicious or criminal activity in their area. As well as ensuring awareness among users of the service, it can also lead to them reporting suspicious activity to Gardaí. Sending the information by text means that it can be disseminated rapidly to a large amount of people in a cost-effective way. Text Alert is a one-way system, and operates on the following principles:

• Member(s) of the public reports incident to the Gardaí (24-hour Garda District -Telephone number which is widely advertised)

• The reporting Garda verifies details and determines that the “Text Alert” system should be utilised

• Garda sends text or e-mail out to each registered “Community Contact” in their Garda District

• Each “Community Contact” forwards the text to their “Community Group” to advise the public to watch out and report any developments

• If the information is received by e-mail the Community Contact may forward the e-mail or convert the content to SMS Text and send to their Community Group.