Garda prisoners moved over broken alarms

Gardaí have been forced to move prisoners to other stations for the last number of weeks because a fault has closed down all the cells in a divisional headquarters.

Gardaí asked the OPW to fix the problem with the alert bells at Bandon Garda Station, Co Cork. However, work only started yesterday.

In the interim, the closure of the six cells there and a cell in Clonakilty meant gardaí had to take prisoners to stations as far away as Cork City and Bantry.