Increasing numbers of 'specialist bureaus' means new Garda HQ won't be able to accommodate all staff

Increasing numbers of 'specialist bureaus' means new Garda HQ won't be able to accommodate all staff

The current Garda Headquarters on Harcourt Street, Dublin.

The new Garda Dublin command centre will be too small to accommodate its current roster of personnel because the eventual growth in the force’s numbers was not known at the time of tender.

The OPW, the State’s public property management agency and the body charged with building the new centre in Kilmainham, Dublin, said “the extent of the increase in Garda numbers was not known prior to the lodging of planning permission”.

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