Half of rural stations record fewer than 4 incidents daily

OVER 55% of rural garda stations record fewer than four incidents per day.

And a modernisation programme for any small station would cost, on average, €350,000.

A comprehensive Department of Justice expenditure review has identified the closure of Garda stations as part of a series of cost-cutting and revenue generating measures that will save €13.6 million on an annual basis from 2014.