Ahern: I have ‘the wit’ to find €1m in department

JUSTICE Minister Dermot Ahern says he has “the wit” to find another way of saving money rather than closing 350 Garda stations.

“I don’t think it’s beyond the wit of myself to find €1 million in the department,” he told the Dáil yesterday.

The Bord Snip group, chaired by economist Colm McCarthy, recommended closing half of the country’s 703 Garda stations to save €1m.