€1.26m building to replace firebombed garda station

Construction is to start next March on a garda station which will be built on the site of one which was firebombed in 2008.

Minister for state at the OPW, Brian Hayes, confirmed a letter of intent will be signed next week for the construction of the station in Blarney, Co Cork.

Since the original station in the village square was destroyed by an arsonist in Oct 2008, 16 gardaí stationed in Blarney have had to operate out of a portocabin.