West Cork residents protest over Garda station closures

BUSLOADS of people from West Cork travelled to Dublin yesterday to protest outside Leinster House at the possible closure of garda stations.

The West Cork Rural Garda Station Retention Campaign is calling for the stations in the area not to be closed, saying they were vital for rural communities.

“There are people here from Ballydehob, Goleen, Kilbrittain, right across West Cork, which has a coastline of roughly 520km and we have only a handful of garda stations presently,” said campaign chairman Con McCarthy.