Garda station gets revamp ahead of closure

ONE of the 31 Garda stations to be closed under Budget 2012 is currently undergoing a complete refurbishment, it has emerged.

Fianna Fáil’s justice spokesman Dara Calleary said it “beggared belief” that considerable money was being spent at Loughglynn Garda station in Roscommon.

The revelations come as Garda sources said the decision to close overnight a major Garda station in a Dublin suburb — where a large number of criminal gangs operate — “sent out the wrong message”.