Gardaí and firms voice concerns over ‘deathtrap’ station

A major business organisation and the country’s largest Garda representative body have both expressed concern about the lack of progress in replacing a Garda station which has been described as “a deathtrap”.

In October 2015, the Government announced it would spend €3m on a new Garda station for Glanmire, Co Cork. However, since then, there has been no announcement about where or when it is to be built.

Little Island Business Association (LIBA), which represents 1,000 members who come under the jurisdiction of the Glanmire Garda District, has written to both the Garda Commissioner and Minister for Justice asking them to clarify the issue.