25% of garda stations have no set opening hours due to Covid rostering restrictions

Out of 551 garda stations across the country 32 don't have a full-time officer assigned and 153 do not have a regular opening time

5% of garda stations do not have a single full-time garda.  File Picture.

More than one-quarter of Irish garda stations do not have a set opening time due to Covid-19 rostering challenges, and a further 5% do not have a single full-time garda.

The figures were revealed by Justice Minister Helen McEntee in a parliamentary question response to Fianna Fáil TD Eamon Ó Cuív.