National Community Engagement Day on Friday

A National Community Engagement Day on Friday is an opportunity for people to get to know their local gardai, IFA branch reps and representatives from community groups involved in the National Rural Safety Forum.

The event for Kilcullen, Ballyshannon, Moone, Kildare and Castledermot will be held in The Mall, Kildare Town, between 10.30am-11.30am.

Some 300 venues across the country will host the event, which is designed to increase community engagement and reassurance throughout Ireland in making rural Ireland safer.

The initiative is supported by members of CSNA (Convenience Stores & Newsagents Association) and RGDATA (Retail Grocery Dairy & Allied Trade Association) nationally.

The National Rural Safety Forum was established in 2019 following consultation between An Garda Síochána and key partners such as the Irish Farmers Association (IFA) and Muintir na Tire, to support the delivery of a rural community policing service.

Forum members include all the main farming and rural community organisations, the Department of Justice, the GAA, the ESB and a number of other relevant groups.

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