Gardaí to meet with public over planned station closures

Top-ranking gardaí in Cork are moving to calm the fears of communities over the planned closures of four garda stations in the city and county by holding a series of public meetings.

Meetings will be held in Grenagh Community Hall near Blarney tomorrow night and gardaí will be available to talk to concerned members of the public at Blackpool shopping centre from 12pm to 4pm on Friday. Residents from the Barrack St area can attend a meeting at UCC next Wednesday.

Chief Superintendent Michael Finn said that the station closures will not mean that there are fewer gardaí working in the city and rather that it was his “priority” to have police out in communities.