High-profile Garda bureaus forced to work from temporary offices costing €470,000

Two bureaus had to move from An Garda Síochána's former command centre at Harcourt Square. Picture: Moya Nolan

Gardaí from two of the force’s most high-profile bureaus are being forced to work from temporary office spaces in Dublin at a cost of more than €470,000.

Members of the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau and the Garda National Protective Services Bureau are working out of office space at a former Intreo centre and within the OPW’s head office in Dublin after the fit-out of a dedicated building for the agencies in Blanchardstown ran more than six months overdue.