Mobile Garda office plans dropped

Justice Minister Alan Shatter has confirmed that plans to replace the closure of rural Garda stations with “mobile police offices” have been dropped.

Last February, when 95 rural stations were being shut, the minister told the Dáil there were plans to acquire five mobile offices, kitted out with a public area, counter and office facilities.

This announcement was made to reassure rural communities that policing levels would continue in their areas after the stations closed.