A meeting of the Local Community Safety Partnership recently took place at the Peace Campus in Monaghan Town.
Lorraine Cunningham of the Blayney Blades group was in attendance and gave her opinion on the many challenges facing older people within our communities, particulary when it comes to social exclusion and what can be done to combat this.
Lorraine has been speaking with Jodie Curran about why it's important for herself and members of Blayney Blades to have their say on such important topics and discussions that take place within the Local Community Safety Partnership: