Garda station plans in doubt due to lack of funding

Plans to build new garda stations and refurbish existing ones are being “significantly” affected because of a shortage of funding, the garda commissioner has warned.

Dónall O Cualáin also said that the overtime budget was almost €5m in the red — because of policing operations — and that “corrective measures” were going to have to be taken.

The acting commissioner’s most recent monthly report also shows that violent property crime is up 25% in the year to date — driven by robbery from the person and robbery of bank/post office in Dublin.