Replacement in line for ‘deathtrap’ Garda station

The OPW confirms it has finally purchased a building to replace a Garda station once described as “a deathtrap”.

Years after the Dickensian conditions at the station in Co Cork were highlighted by the Garda Representative Association (GRA), it now appears there is finally light at the end of the tunnel.

The station in Glanmire was originally built for the RIC. In 2011 then GRA president, John Parker, described it as “a deathtrap” and senior GRA officials have echoed his words on numerous occasions since.