by Barbara Killeen | Oct 23, 2025 | countryside, Crime, Rural Security
IFA Deputy President Alice Doyle has welcomed the appointment of Supt. Michael Corbett as An Garda Siochana’s first ever Rural Crime Lead. Alice Doyle said that this appointment by the new Garda Commissioner Justin Kelly is a major step in the ongoing fight for rural...
by Barbara Killeen | Feb 10, 2022 | Rural Ireland, Rural Security, Uncategorized
IFA Deputy President Brian Rushe said the recent attacks on elderly people in rural communities were very concerning. IFA will be meeting the Assistant Commissioner of An Garda Síochana Paula Hillman next week to discuss what measures can be taken to make communities...
by Barbara Killeen | Feb 10, 2022 | Community, countryside, Crime, Rural Development, Rural Ireland, Rural Security, Rural Services, Security
IFA Countryside Chairman Brian Rushe said the recent attacks on elderly people in rural communities were very concerning. IFA will be meeting the Assistant Commissioner of An Garda Síochána Paula Hillman next week to discuss what measures can be taken to make...
by Barbara Killeen | Dec 17, 2020 | Crime, Rural Ireland, Rural Security, Security, Uncategorized
IFA, together with An Garda Síochána and FBD has launched a printed information pack for its members across the country that provides tips on how farmers and the rural community can stay safe and secure in their homes, on their farms and online in the months ahead....
by Barbara Killeen | Aug 23, 2019 | Crime, Rural Ireland, Rural Security
IFA Countryside Chairman Richard Kennedy has reacted to the launch of the new Garda operating model by the Garda Commissioner, ‘A Policing Service for the Future’. IFA is a contributor to the annual national Policing Plan. He said, “It is our view in IFA that the...
