Shake-up of Garda districts may scupper plans for new station

Concern has been raised that plans for a new Garda station in a large Cork town have been axed due to proposed changes in Garda districts.

For 20 years, gardaí in Glanmire have been looking for a new station to replace a substandard Victorian building which the Garda Representative Association has branded totally unsuitable and unsafe.

The GRA threatened last year to have a health and safety inspection carried out at the garda station.