Gardaí welcome plans to replace 100-year-old station

PLANS to replace a garda station that is 100 years old and which has been condemned as archaic and unsafe has been welcomed by an organisation representing rank and file gardaí.

The Garda Representative Association (GRA) has been fighting for years, for a new garda station in Glanmire, Co Cork, and now there appears to be light at the end of the tunnel for the project.

Chief Superintendent Kieran McGann, who is in charge of policing in the area, confirmed a suitable alternative building has been identified in Glanmire and that the OPW through the chief state solicitor’s office are in the process of finalising its purchase.